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L' Ombre d'une chance (1974)
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- Director Jean-Pierre Mocky
- Theatrical Release February 13, 1974
- US DVD Release December 7, 2005
A French confidence man robs bourgeois couples of their valuable finery in Jean-Pierre Mocky’s artful melodrama L’Ombre d'une chance (1974). Mathias (played by the director) has never met a middle-class boob he’s incapable of scamming--by posing as a nobleman, he’s able to convince the nuevo riche to part with their possessions with unrivaled ease. But the con man’s faced with his most sobering Become a Mr. Skin Member and get the full review



