Grifters (1990)
Année de sortie: 1990
Nation: Canada, United States
Alternative Title: The Grifters, Ambiciones prohibidas, De oplichters, Измамниците, Os Imorais, Ærlige svindlere, Los timadores, Huijarit, Svindlarna, Les arnaqueurs, Oi kleftes, Prevaranti, Svindlerek, Rischiose abitudini, The Grifters - Fikserne, Naciagacze, Anatomia do Golpe, Varalice, Кидалы, Yasak Iliskiler
Réalisateur: Stephen Frears
Writer: Donald E. Westlake, Jim Thompson
Production & Genre
Producteur: Producer: Jim Painter, Martin Scorsese, Robert A. Harris
Co-Producer: Peggy Rajski
Executive Producer: Barbara De Fina
Sociétés: Cineplex-Odeon Films
Genre: Drama, Film Based On A Novel, Thriller
Budget: N/A
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Mots-clés
Mots-clés: based on novel or book, con artist, con man, estafa, grifter, horse track, los angeles, california, neo-noir
Histoire
Grifters (1990) revolves around a small-time conman whose loyalties are torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play. The film begins with Lily, the mother, working for a bookie at the horse track, placing bets to change the odds. When her son, Roy, gets hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job gone wrong, Lily's maternal instincts kick in, causing her own job to go awry. Each of them faces the consequences of their grifts as the story unfolds.
Résumé
Directed by Stephen Frears, Grifters (1990) is a neo-noir thriller based on a novel or book. Set against the backdrop of Los Angeles and California's horse track scene, the film explores the dynamics of family bonds, loyalty, and the consequences of living on the fringes of society as con artists. Despite limited plot details in the provided sources, Grifters is noted for its exploration of complex relationships and moral ambiguity.
