Tricheurs

Jacques Dutronc is a gambler, who plays at all the elegant casinos and loses. He meets Bulle Ogier and they click, but he still continues to lose. Then he meets Kurt Raab who recruits him for his cheating operation; Raab is a 'topper', who sneaks in his bets after the roulette ball has stopped. They travel around the world to all the elegant casinos, but lose all the money they win through cheating playing roulette honestly. Then he runs into Miss Ogier again, and they head off on their own operation.

Barbet Schroeder's film contrasts the elegant and ever-expanding casino operations with the raw hunger of the players, and even the cheaters. It's a dry movie, with the hungers of the leads kept below the surface, except for Raab's bizarre insistence that he is the greatest cheater in the world.