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The Forged Coupon
The Forged Coupon (, Fal'shivyi kupon) is a novella in two parts by Leo Tolstoy. Though he first conceived of the story in the late 1890s, he did not begin writing it until 1902. After struggling for several years, he finally completed the story in 1904; however, it was not published until some of Tolstoy's shorter works were collected and anthologized after his death in 1910.
Synopsis.
The story is divided into two parts. In Part I, schoolboy Mitya is in
taken in by a kind woman over the objection of her father. Some time passes, and one night Yvon kills them along with others in their house with an axe. He goes to a restaurant, confesses to a police officer, and is arrested.
Production.
Bresson first began work on the film's script in 1977. It is based on Leo Tolstoy's "The Forged Coupon". Bresson later said that it was the film "with which I am most satisfied—or at least it is the