Gilbert Perez is a confidence trickster of the first rank. Armed with
his mobile phone and an unerring capacity to pull the wool over the eyes
of others, he can't help swindling his victims out of thousands of euros.
His career of crime has become a drug to him - every success stimulates a
craving for yet more victories over the greedy and gullible. His dream
is to provide his wife Barbara with a normal life, but his wild fraudulent
escapades will soon lead him to ruin...
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.
Since the 1920s, Hollywood has dominated the film industry, but that doesn't mean American cinema is all bad - America has produced so many great films that you could never watch them all in one lifetime.
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.