Set in the city of capitalists, Babylon, Jérémie Rozan directed Cash/Gold Brick is a French heist drama. Premiering on Netflix, Gold Brick revolves around a man who dares to go against the richest and the most influential family in the town. Daniel Sauveur (Raphaël Quenard) is a seemingly normal man, brought up by a middle-class family with high aspirations. He grew up staring at billboards and posters of the Breuil enterprise. Almost everybody in town worked for the Breuils, not by choice but due to the lack of opportunities.
Daniel vowed to never for the snobbish Breuils and so did his ride-or-die best friend, Scania (Igor Gotesman). As they grew up, their resolve strengthened and they established their own start-up. Meanwhile, the Breuils expanded their community under Armand Breuil’s (Joël Dupré La Tour) guidance and became the sole dealer of sumptuous French perfumes. Daniel and Scania’s transportation business slowly started to deteriorate but his resolution didn’t. Little did he know he was about to break his vow soon.
Cash/Gold Brick Plot Synopsis
Daniel tries his best to salvage his business but in the end, his sole client remains the Breuils whom he quickly becomes indebted to. Slowly, his start-up crumbles and Daniel is coerced by Scania into working for his arch-nemesis. The two of them, in order to repay their debt and sustain themselves along with their families, start to work under José Kowalski (Stéphan Wojtowicz). Soon they realise Kowalski, similar to his boss, derives pleasure humiliating people. Their grudge starts to intensify and transform into full-blown loathing soon.
Kowalski isn’t the only one at the end of Daniel’s repugnance, his ex-classmate, Patrick Breuil (Antoine Gouy), too, is on his list. While Armand is an egomaniac who ruthlessly chases his dreams, Patrick is the silent ruler who is forced to take charge of the organisation. After Armand’s death, the reign of the Breuils enterprise needs to be controlled by Patrick. His wife, Béatrice (Nina Meurisse), offers a bottle of exclusive perfume to everyone working for their organisation to celebrate her husband’s coronation.
Daniel has always found the whole concept of perfume absurd; he never understood why anyone would willingly spend thousands of dollars on a perfume. As he lists the Gold perfume he received from Béatrice for sale online, he is shocked to witness how much a mere flowery scent is worth. His shock turns into awe, later into a cunning plan.
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Why Does Virginie Join Daniel?
Daniel starts stealing perfumes and transports the smuggled boxes out while taking the trash out. 1 becomes 100 soon as Daniel starts robbing his boss with the help of his best friend. He catches the attention of the police but manages to get out unscathed, claiming that the perfumes were a gift from Patrick to all the employees who are using his account to make extra bucks. Rather than stopping there, Daniel collaborates with local vendors who sell imported, luxurious goods.
After pushing aside Kowalski, Daniel’s greed heightens and so does the risk and the cash. Both Scania and Daniel start to purchase expensive items such as watches, cars and apartments. Daniel comes across Virginie Van Stratten (Agathe Rousselle) and is immediately drawn towards her. The next day, he finds out Virginie is the new General Manager and well, he isn’t delighted.
Virginie, on the other hand, is a tough nut to crack. She’s cynical and ambitious but when Patrick choses to not promote her, her fragile ego is shattered. When Daniel offers her a chance to exert revenge, Virginie jumps on it instantly.
Cash/Gold Brick Ending Explained: Why Does Patrick Partake In The Heist?
With the help of Virginie, Daniel and his team manage to avoid the new sensors employed by Patrick. But soon, Patrick learns a about the missing perfume bottles and asks Virginie to help him take out the mole. Now in a relationship with Daniel, Virginie pretends to agree with his plan and alerts her boyfriend. However, instead of backing out, Daniel insists on panning out a new route to carry out the smuggling. Virginie doesn’t agree with him though and the two of them get themselves in a heated argument.
It isn’t only Daniel and Virginie’s relationship on the verge of crisis but Patrick and Béatrice’s too. Patrick agrees to sell his organization to Brice Nougarolis (Grégoire Colin), another business mogul specializing in online dealings due to Béatrice’s stipulations. But now, as he finds out about Béatrice’s alleged relationship with Brice, he loses his sanity and decides to exert revenge.
Patrick demands Daniel to return the bottles he sold for him and in turn, he wouldn’t drag him down legally. Daniel, however, has a brilliant plan for Patrick.
Who Snitched On Daniel?
Daniel along with the stellar team he’s formed ambushes a truck full of extravagant perfumes. But before anyone could notice, he interchanges the original perfume with coloured water bottles. Meanwhile, Patrick hands over the business to Brice. As people start buying those faux perfumes, Brice’s reputation is crushed down and Patrick’s revengeful mind is satitated.
Daniel’s, however, isn’t. Ange (Youssef Hajdi), the man who Daniel trusted immensely snitched on him for a couple thousand dollars to Patrick. After Daniel and Scania exert revenge on Ange, Patrick reveals it was Virginie who was looking out for Daniel. If it weren’t for her, Daniel would have been enduring a jail sentence.
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