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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that Victor do not steal all the money from Chatillon in the beginning foreshadows the fact that he only takes half of the money in the briefcase in the end.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that Victor do does not steal all the money from Chatillon in the beginning foreshadows the fact that he only takes half of the money in the briefcase in the end.
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* HandcuffedBriefcase: The [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcases full of money]] that Maurice are handcuffed to him. Betty persuades him to handcuff the briefcase to her.
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* HandcuffedBriefcase: The [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcases full of money]] that of Maurice are handcuffed to him. Betty persuades him to handcuff the briefcase to her.
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* TheCon:
** Chatillon is the victim of the con set up by Betty and Victor in the beginning. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal part of his money and his cheques.
** Maurice is the victim of a bigger con set up by Betty, with the help of Victor. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal his BriefcaseFullOfMoney.
** Chatillon is the victim of the con set up by Betty and Victor in the beginning. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal part of his money and his cheques.
** Maurice is the victim of a bigger con set up by Betty, with the help of Victor. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal his BriefcaseFullOfMoney.
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* TheMark:
** Chatillon is the victim of the con set up by Betty and Victor in the beginning. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal part of his money and his cheques.
** Maurice is the victim of a bigger con set up by Betty, with the help of Victor. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal his BriefcaseFullOfMoney.
** Chatillon is the victim of the con set up by Betty and Victor in the beginning. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal part of his money and his cheques.
** Maurice is the victim of a bigger con set up by Betty, with the help of Victor. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal his BriefcaseFullOfMoney.
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** Chatillon is the victim of the con set up by Betty and Victor in the beginning. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal part of his money and his cheques.
** Maurice is the victim of a bigger con set up by Betty, with the help of Victor. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal his BriefcaseFullOfMoney.
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Betty (Huppert) and Victor (Serrault) are two [[ConMan swindlers]]. Their usuel ''modus operandi'' is the following: [[HoneyTrap Betty seduces businessmen]] during profesionnal conferences. She [[SlippingAMickey puts a sleeping drug in the drink]] of the mark. When he is asleep, Betty and Victor steal his money and cheques, but they never steal everything he has, so that he does not realize immediately that he was robbed. Betty meets Maurice (Cluzet), a guy who often carries [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcases full of money]]. She suggests making a big con.
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Betty (Huppert) and Victor (Serrault) are two [[ConMan swindlers]]. Their usuel usual ''modus operandi'' is the following: [[HoneyTrap Betty seduces businessmen]] during profesionnal conferences. She [[SlippingAMickey puts a sleeping drug in the drink]] of the mark. When he is asleep, Betty and Victor steal his money and cheques, but they never steal everything he has, so that he does not realize immediately that he was robbed. Betty meets Maurice (Cluzet), a guy who often carries [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcases full of money]]. She suggests making a big con.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that Victor do not steal all the money from Chatillon in the beginning foreshadows the fact that he only takes half of the money in the briefcase in the end.
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* TooDumbToLive: Maurice. He carries briefcases full of money for dangerous mobsters. He agrees to let Betty carry a briefcase in place of him. Even after Betty tells him that she is a swindler, that Victor is her accomplice and that he intends to steal the briefcase, Maurice still let her carry the briefcase and still believes everything Betty tells him. Consequently, Monsieur K and his henchmen murder him for losing the briefcase. Lampshaded by several characters who repeat that Maurice was really dumb.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Monsieur K and his girlfriend are briefly seen as passengers of the plane. Monsieur K is later revealed to be Maurice's employer.
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* ChainedHeat: Before releasing them, Monsieur K orders to handcuff Betty and Victor together. Victor manages to release himself quickly.
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* DistantFinale: The epilogue happens years after the main part of the plot. A caption says hyperbolically: "A century later".
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* FastForwardToReunion: In the end, Betty wakes up on the beach. Victor has left her alone. In the epilogue, set years later, she meets him again for the first time since then.
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* HandcuffedBriefcase: The [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcases full of money]] that Maurice are handcuffed to him. Betty persuades him to handcuff the briefcase to her.
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* TheMark:
** Chatillon is the victim of the con set up by Betty and Victor in the beginning. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal part of his money and his cheques.
** Maurice is the victim of a bigger con set up by Betty, with the help of Victor. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal his BriefcaseFullOfMoney.
** Chatillon is the victim of the con set up by Betty and Victor in the beginning. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal part of his money and his cheques.
** Maurice is the victim of a bigger con set up by Betty, with the help of Victor. Eventually, Betty and Victor steal his BriefcaseFullOfMoney.
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* SatchelSwitcheroo: Victor brings on the plane a briefcase identical to the BriefcaseFullOfMoney of Maurice. Then Betty tells Maurice that she has exchanged the BriefcaseFullOfMoney for another briefcase (which is not true), so Maurice confronts Victor and forces him to exchange the briefcases. So Maurice ends up with a briefcase full of old newspapers.
* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: Betty, a beautiful woman, seduces Chatillon, a less-good-looking man, in the casino. In the bar, she outright tells him that she wants to make love with him. Of course, this is part of a con to steal Chatillon's money.
* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: Betty, a beautiful woman, seduces Chatillon, a less-good-looking man, in the casino. In the bar, she outright tells him that she wants to make love with him. Of course, this is part of a con to steal Chatillon's money.
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* EyeScream: Monsieur K's henchmen have driven a nail into the eye of Maurice, up to his brain.
* FauxAffablyEvil: All over the place with Monsieur K and his henchmen. They alway remain very polite with Betty and Victor, even if they threaten to kill them brutally.
* FauxAffablyEvil: All over the place with Monsieur K and his henchmen. They alway remain very polite with Betty and Victor, even if they threaten to kill them brutally.
* {{Fingore}}: Monsieur K's henchmen break Victor's middle finger.
* FlippingTheBird: Monsieur K's henchmen break Victor's middle finger. After that, he seems unable to bend it, so his middle finger is always sticked out.
* FlippingTheBird: Monsieur K's henchmen break Victor's middle finger. After that, he seems unable to bend it, so his middle finger is always sticked out.
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* ShoutOut: Betty says the a hotel looks like ''Literature/TheCastle'' of Creator/FranzKafka. There is also a mob boss named Monsieur K.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Betty says the a hotel looks like ''Literature/TheCastle'' of Creator/FranzKafka. There is also a mob boss named MonsieurK.K.
** Monsieur K is a fan of ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'', the opera by Music/GiacomoPuccini.
** Betty says the a hotel looks like ''Literature/TheCastle'' of Creator/FranzKafka. There is also a mob boss named Monsieur
** Monsieur K is a fan of ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'', the opera by Music/GiacomoPuccini.
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* VisualInnuendo: After a henchman breaks Victor's middle finger, Monsieur K's girlfriend licks it slowly and suggestively.
* WickedCultured: Monsieur K is a dangerous mobster, but he is also fond of classical music. When he meets Betty and Victor, he first tells them how much he likes ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'', in particular when it is sung by Mirella Freni and Plácido Domingo and when the orchestra is conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli.
* WickedCultured: Monsieur K is a dangerous mobster, but he is also fond of classical music. When he meets Betty and Victor, he first tells them how much he likes ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'', in particular when it is sung by Mirella Freni and Plácido Domingo and when the orchestra is conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Are Victor and Betty father and daughter? (Betty calls Victor "dad" in the epilogue, but it might be an ironic or affectionate naming.) Are they ex-lovers? (Victor seems to be jealous about Betty's relationship with Maurice.) Or are they simply partners in crime?
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* AmbiguousSituation: Are Victor and Betty father and daughter? (Betty calls Victor "dad" in the epilogue, but it might be an ironic or affectionate naming.) Are they ex-lovers? (Victor seems to be jealous about Betty's relationship with Maurice.) Or are they simply just partners in crime?
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* AmbiguousSituation: Are Victor and Betty father and daughter? (Betty calls Victor "dad" in the epilogue, but it might be an ironic or affectionate naming.) Are they ex-lovers? (Victor seems to be jealous about Betty's relationship with Maurice.) Or are they simply partners in crime?
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* TheCasino: The first scene happens in a casino. Betty starts seducing Chatillon there.
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* {{Fauxreigner}}: Betty pretends to be a Polish woman to seduce Maurice.
* GamblerGroupies: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Betty. When she notices that Chatillon is winning at the casino, she sits next to him and starts seducing him. Her final goal is to rob him.
* GamblerGroupies: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Betty. When she notices that Chatillon is winning at the casino, she sits next to him and starts seducing him. Her final goal is to rob him.
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* MultipleIdentityIDs: Betty and Victor use several names to swindle their victims. They have several identity documents with different names.
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Betty (Huppert) and Victor (Serrault) are two [[ConMan swindlers]]. Their usuel ''modus operandi'' is the following: [[Honeytrap Betty seduces businessmen]] during profesionnal conferences. She [[SlippingAMickey puts a sleeping drug in the drink]] of the mark. When he is asleep, Betty and Victor steal his money and cheques, but they never steal everything he has, so that he does not realize immediately that he was robbed. Betty meets Maurice (Cluzet), a guy who often carries [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcases full of money]]. She suggests making a big con.
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Betty (Huppert) and Victor (Serrault) are two [[ConMan swindlers]]. Their usuel ''modus operandi'' is the following: [[Honeytrap [[HoneyTrap Betty seduces businessmen]] during profesionnal conferences. She [[SlippingAMickey puts a sleeping drug in the drink]] of the mark. When he is asleep, Betty and Victor steal his money and cheques, but they never steal everything he has, so that he does not realize immediately that he was robbed. Betty meets Maurice (Cluzet), a guy who often carries [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcases full of money]]. She suggests making a big con.
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* Honeytrap: Betty seduces businessmen during profesionnal conferences. Her goal is to rob them after putting a sleeping drug in their drink. She also seduces Maurice to steal one of the briefcases full of money he carries.
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* Honeytrap: HoneyTrap: Betty seduces businessmen during profesionnal conferences. Her goal is to rob them after putting a sleeping drug in their drink. She also seduces Maurice to steal one of the briefcases full of money he carries.
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''The Swindle'' (French: ''Rien ne va plus'') is a 1997 French-Swiss film directed by Creator/ClaudeChabrol, starring Creator/IsabelleHuppert, Michel Serrault, and François Cluzet.
Betty (Huppert) and Victor (Serrault) are two [[ConMan swindlers]]. Their usuel ''modus operandi'' is the following: [[Honeytrap Betty seduces businessmen]] during profesionnal conferences. She [[SlippingAMickey puts a sleeping drug in the drink]] of the mark. When he is asleep, Betty and Victor steal his money and cheques, but they never steal everything he has, so that he does not realize immediately that he was robbed. Betty meets Maurice (Cluzet), a guy who often carries [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcases full of money]]. She suggests making a big con.
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!!''The Swindle'' provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: In the epilogue, Betty (Creator/IsabelleHuppert) knocks on Victor's door. Victor asks who is there and Betty answers that it is the postman. In ''Film/LaCeremonie'', Creator/ClaudeChabrol's previous film, Creator/IsabelleHuppert played a postwoman.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Maurice often carries briefcases full of money for a shady organization. Betty and Victor tries to steal one from him.
* ConMan: Betty and Victor are two swindlers. They steal money from businessmen during profesionnal conferences.
* Honeytrap: Betty seduces businessmen during profesionnal conferences. Her goal is to rob them after putting a sleeping drug in their drink. She also seduces Maurice to steal one of the briefcases full of money he carries.
* ShoutOut: Betty says the a hotel looks like ''Literature/TheCastle'' of Creator/FranzKafka. There is also a mob boss named Monsieur K.
* SlippingAMickey: Betty puts a sleeping drug in the drink of the businessmen she tries to rob.
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Betty (Huppert) and Victor (Serrault) are two [[ConMan swindlers]]. Their usuel ''modus operandi'' is the following: [[Honeytrap Betty seduces businessmen]] during profesionnal conferences. She [[SlippingAMickey puts a sleeping drug in the drink]] of the mark. When he is asleep, Betty and Victor steal his money and cheques, but they never steal everything he has, so that he does not realize immediately that he was robbed. Betty meets Maurice (Cluzet), a guy who often carries [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcases full of money]]. She suggests making a big con.
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!!''The Swindle'' provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: In the epilogue, Betty (Creator/IsabelleHuppert) knocks on Victor's door. Victor asks who is there and Betty answers that it is the postman. In ''Film/LaCeremonie'', Creator/ClaudeChabrol's previous film, Creator/IsabelleHuppert played a postwoman.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Maurice often carries briefcases full of money for a shady organization. Betty and Victor tries to steal one from him.
* ConMan: Betty and Victor are two swindlers. They steal money from businessmen during profesionnal conferences.
* Honeytrap: Betty seduces businessmen during profesionnal conferences. Her goal is to rob them after putting a sleeping drug in their drink. She also seduces Maurice to steal one of the briefcases full of money he carries.
* ShoutOut: Betty says the a hotel looks like ''Literature/TheCastle'' of Creator/FranzKafka. There is also a mob boss named Monsieur K.
* SlippingAMickey: Betty puts a sleeping drug in the drink of the businessmen she tries to rob.
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