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.
Acting
Huppert and Serrault's deliciously deadpan con-artist chemistry.
Direction
Chabrol treats crime like a domestic routine—chillingly casual.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Isabelle Huppert
Betty
Michel Serrault
Victor
François Cluzet
Maurice
Jean-François Balmer
Monsieur K
Jackie Berroyer
Robert Chatillon
Thomas Chabrol
Swiss Desk Clerk
Mony Dalmès
Signora Trotti
Jean Benguigui
Guadeloupe Gangster
Greg Germain
Chatty man
Pierre Martot
Conventioneer
Pierre-François Dumeniaud
Conventioneer
Yves Verhoeven
Pickpocket
Henri Attal
Greek Vendor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chabrol called this his 'comedy about money'—a rare light entry in his catalog of bourgeois nightmares, though the cruelty still peeks through.
Thomas Chabrol's cameo as the Swiss desk clerk is a sly family tradition; his mother co-wrote the script.
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