France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Short Film, SYNOPSIS: French novelist Vincent Ravalec made his directorial debut with this French drama about small-time crook Gaston (Yvan Attal) who poses as a millionaire after he picks up hitchhiking 16-year-old Marie-Pierre (Virginie Lanoue). Actually living in a seedy apartment, Gaston deals in stolen goods, but he soon climbs to bigger heists, including car thefts. Concealing his illegal activities, Gaston operates his company, Extramill, out of upscale, posh offices, while he and Marie-Pierre move into a sedate upper-middle-class neighborhood. Life is sweet, but the onset of paranoia, kinky sex activities, and police probes eventually culminate in violence. Shown in the Cinemas en France section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes Film Festival, ...Melody for a Hustler ( Cantique de la racaille )
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.48 x 5.31 x 0.55 inches; 0.01 ounces
- Director : Vincent Ravalec
- Media Format : Import, Subtitled, PAL, Widescreen
- Run time : 135 minutes
- Actors : Yvan Attal, Yann Collette, Marc Lavoine, Jean-Louis Richard, Antoine Chappey
- Subtitles: : English
- Producers : Melody for a Hustler ( Cantique de la racaille ), Melody for a Hustler, Cantique de la racaille
- Language : French (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 1