The Swindle

The Swindle

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1997-10-15
Duration:105 min
Director:Claude Chabrol
Actors:Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer, Jackie Berroyer
Production:MK2 Films, TSR, TF1 Films Production, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, CAB Productions, Teleclub

Overview:

Betty and Victor, a rather ill-matched couple, tour unobtrusively around France in their motor-home, earning their living as petty con artists, until one day they find themselves involved in an international money scam which takes them on a globe-trotting adventure.

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