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| Directed by | Jacques Rouffio |
| Produced by | Lise Fayolle Giorgio Silvagni |
| Written by | Jacques Rouffio Georges Conchon |
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Jean Carmet Gérard Depardieu |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Cinematography | René Mathelin |
| Edited by | Geneviève Winding |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont |
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104 minutes |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $5.7 million |
Le Sucre (or The Sugar) is a 1978 French crime drama thriller film directed by Jacques Rouffio.
The film recounts a fraud case, on the basis of the speculative bubble on the price of sugar in 1974. A small saver, Adrien Courtois lose all the inheritance of his wife. The Viscount Raoul Renaud Homécourt of Vibraye is a fantastic and unscrupulous broker. Between the two men, so different, will be born a friendship and complicity. Around this couple gravitate some savory characters...