Acclaimed American composer and musician Jon Batiste plays a mid-century conman duping farmers into believing their chickens can lay golden eggs in a fast-moving comedy by French directing duo Zite & Léo.

The video for Big Money - a track from Batiste's new blues-influenced album, out in August - focusses on a great Amercian tradition of being fleeced of your hard-earned cash by smooth-talking, dream-selling hucksters. Not that would ever happen these days, of course. In this case, Batiste and his buddy are hawking 'golden grain' to a credulous set of rural rubes, scooping their banknotes and getting out quick before their golden egg scam is exposed.

As with their previous narrative videos for the likes of L'Imperitrice and others, Zite & Léo fashion this story with rich period detail, a cinematic sensibility and lots of energetic joie de vivre, epitomised by the relish of Jon Batiste's charismatic conman turn. 

Speaking about the film - that was shot on location in Bulgaria - MindsEye MD Hughie Phillips says: “It was such an unbelievable joy to work with the incomparable Jon Batiste on Big Money. Huge shout out to Zite & Léo for their extraordinary vision and to Jon for the trust and creative freedom. It’s a rare and special thing.”