Hot Touch (1981)
Release Year: 1981
Nation: Canada, United States
Alternative Title: The Hot Touch, Coup de maître, A Stroke of Luck, Av, for en go' fidus
Director: Roger Vadim
Writer: Jean-Yves Pitoun, Lionel Chetwynd, Peter Dion
Production & Genre
Producer: Executive Producer: Don Carmody, Eddy Rosenberg, Harold Greenberg, Robert Kline, Stephen Greenberg
Companies: Astral Bellevue Pathé, Trans-Atlantic Enterprises
Genre: Drama
Budget: 4.700.000
Awards & Similar
Awards:
Similar: N/A
Keywords
Keywords: art, art dealer, art forgery, authenticity, blackmail, caper, caper crime, consultant, counterfeit, fake, female nudity, forger, forgery, love interest, painting, partner in crime, scheme, sex, world war two
Story
Hot Touch follows a master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who authenticates their counterfeits. An art dealer discovers their scheme but offers them a deal: he'll keep quiet if they use their skills to forge some rare pieces lost during World War II.
Summary
Directed by Roger Vadim in 1981, Hot Touch is a drama film produced by Canada and the United States. The story revolves around a high-stakes art forgery operation involving two partners: one skilled at forging renowned paintings, the other adept at authenticating them. When an art dealer uncovers their scam, he blackmails them into creating replicas of valuable war-era pieces in exchange for his silence.
