Word: flambeur
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...FLAMBEUR...
...offers him a victimless crime and a chance to tie up all his life's loose ends. The plot comes to a conclusion that is astonishing because it is unexpected and because it satisfies the law and our moral sense. But story is the least of Bob le Flambeur's pleasures. This film is "about" a casino heist the way the other Melville's great novel is "about" a big bad whale: The film's true subject is how a man of a certain integrity (however sleazy his profession) lives in a world that does...