The Story of a Cheat

Considered Sacha Guitry’s masterpiece, this fleet, witty picaresque about a gambler and petty thief is a whimsical delight. Guitry himself stars as the tricheur looking back fondly on a life of crime, which he narrates with an effervescence matched by that of the film’s skillful editing and cinematography. With its rapid storytelling and novel use of voice-over, THE STORY OF A CHEAT has influenced filmmakers from Orson Welles to François Truffaut.

Starring Sacha Guitry, Marguerite Moreno, Jacqueline Delubac