* Director: Paul Gayard
* Length: 24 minutes
“Le prix à payer” is a French film (subtitled in English) shot in black and white that tells the troubled story of three jewel thieves. It opens with them having just pulled a lucrative heist. Lucien, one of the robbers, plans on using his share to move to Hawaii with his girlfriend, Anna. A problem arises when the person they’re supposed to sell the jewels to backs out. As it happens, a new buyer is available, but the only way they’ll be able to make the deal is if Anna does it. The exchange goes wrong, and you’re left with a climax that is just plain shocking.
What director Paul Gayard has done is put a new twist on an old tale. He takes the typical jewel heist story and tells it in a way that you can’t quite appreciate until the very end. When it’s over, you immediately want to watch it again because all the pieces have fallen into place. With any luck, Paul Gayard is a name we’ll all be familiar with in the near future.
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