| Le Sucre | |
| Starring: | Jean Carmet Gérard Depardieu |
| Director: | Jacques Rouffio |
| Music: | Philippe Sarde |
| Cinematography: | René Mathelin |
| Editing: | Geneviève Winding |
| Producer: | Lise Fayolle Giorgio Silvagni |
| Studio: | Gaumont |
| Distributor: | Gaumont |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
| Language: | French |
| Gross: | $5.7 million[1] |
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]
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]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | César Awards | Best Actor | Jean Carmet | |
| Gérard Depardieu | ||||
| Best Supporting Actor | Jean Carmet | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Nelly Borgeaud | |||
| Best Writing | Georges Conchon & Jacques Rouffio | |||