L'argent (1983) DVD

'A small transgression provokes a vertiginous avalanche of Evil - until the moment the forces of Good arrive' - Robert Bresson

Bresson's classic film, adapted from a story by Tolstoy, tells of the tragic train of events which ensue when two schoolboys pass a forged banknote in a photography shop.

The note is passed to the unwitting Yvon, a delivery driver, who is arrested for possessing it. Despite being let off by the court, Yvon loses his job and becomes trapped in a disastrous spiral of theft, imprisonment and murder.

L'argent is required viewing. It is shot in Bresson's influential minimalist style and exploring his familiar themes of moral conflict, guilt, grace and redemption with extraordinary force and power. Made when Bresson was 80, it is considered to be his last masterpiece in a remarkable career spanning 40 years.