A con artist couple takes a young, handsome petty thief under their wing, but jealousies flare when the woman develops an interest in him.
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Jeanne Moreau
Lady M
Michel Serrault
Pompilius
Luc Thuillier
Lambert
Géraldine Danon
Noémie
Pratapan Nagaratnam
Darmaraja Ravi
Caroline Kunti-Leconte
Gilles Rousseau
Sushma Unnikrishnam
Francis Renaud
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A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
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A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
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A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.
A brother and sister con-artist duo find themselves scamming a grieving billionaire by convincing him they can introduce him to God, face-to-face.
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Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
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