The Swindle

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.

Cast

Isabelle Huppert

as Betty

Michel Serrault

as Victor

François Cluzet

as Maurice

Jean-François Balmer

as Monsieur K

Jackie Berroyer

as Robert Chatillon

Thomas Chabrol

as Swiss Desk Clerk

Mony Dalmès

as Signora Trotti

Jean Benguigui

as Guadeloupe Gangster

Greg Germain

as Chatty man

Nathalie Kousnetzoff

as Blond woman

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