Based on the
true story of Désir Carré, a petty criminal
who decided at age forty to begin acting after several stays
in jail, Nickel and Dime follows a group of criminals
in the working-class neighborhood of Saint-Ouen in Paris.
The criminals meet daily at “Chez-Roger”, a bar
run by Roger and Denise, to share their problems and plan
their next gig. Their lives are clearly more about being “nickled
and dimed” then living the “big-time crook”
lifestyle. Jacques is fifty and just out of jail. He wants
to find a real job… a tough goal when there aren’t
many around. Francis is forty and lives with his mother, Colette.
He has also had it with petty crime and decides to take acting
classes with Camille, the pretty waitress at “Chez Roger.”
It is difficult for him to resist the temptation of fast money-making
that comes with crime. For Didier, thirty-five, life is an
adventure, a game. Although his wife Josiane is pregnant,
he wants to be a hero, make it big and take risks. Sam Karmann’s
dialogue is fresh and upbeat, and his camera work simple and
sensitive. The film was produced by Jean-Pierre Bacri and
Agnès Jaoui.
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