Le Sucre

Le Sucre (or The Sugar) is a 1978 French crime comedy 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.^[2][3]

Le Sucre
Film poster
Directed by	Jacques Rouffio
Written by	Jacques Rouffio Georges Conchon
Produced by	Lise Fayolle Giorgio Silvagni
Starring	Jean Carmet Gérard Depardieu
Cinematography	René Mathelin
Edited by	Geneviève Winding
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Production company	Gaumont
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution
Release date	15 November 1978 (1978-11-15)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$5.7 million[1]

Plot

Raoul (Gerard Depardieu) is a hot-shot commodities broker who sweet-talks Adrien (Jean Carmet), a quiet and unassuming man, into taking his wife's inheritance and using it to speculate on the recent rise in sugar prices. Raoul is able to pry more money away from Adrien when he shows him how much his first, more conservative speculations have made. But the con-man is taken in by his own con, for Raoul has also entered the sugar market, using every bit of money he can scrape together. When the market turns around, they are both in trouble.^[4]

Cast

• Jean Carmet as Adrien Courtois
• Gérard Depardieu as Raoul-Renaud Homecourt
• Michel Piccoli as Grezillo
• Nelly Borgeaud as Hilda Courtois
• Georges Descrières as Vandelmont
• Roger Hanin as Karbaoui
• Marthe Villalonga as Madame Karbaoui
• Claude Piéplu as President Berot
• Pierre Vernier : Latoussaint
• Maurice Chevit as Lomont
• Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Mimine
• Jean-Paul Muel as Pergamont
• Tony Taffin as Flanqué
• Jean Champion

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
1979	César Awards	Best Actor	Jean Carmet	Nominated
			Gérard Depardieu	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Jean Carmet	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Nelly Borgeaud	Nominated
		Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation	Georges Conchon & Jacques Rouffio	Nominated