AKA: Handsome Serge
Year: 1958
Runtime: 1 hour, 34 minutes
Country: France
Language: French
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast:
Gérard Blain: Serge
Jean-Claude Brialy: François Baillou
Michèle Méritz: Yvonne
Bernadette Lafont: Marie
Claude Cerval: The priest
Jeanne Pérez: Madame Chaunier
Edmond Beauchamp: Glomaud
André Dino: Michel, the doctor
Michel Creuze: The baker
Claude Chabrol: La Truffe
Philippe de Broca: Jacques Rivette de la Chasuble
Plot/Synopsis:
Le Beau Serge was the first film of French critic-turned-director Claude Chabrol. Though not a murder melodrama, the film is heavily influenced by the works of Chabrol’s idol Alfred Hitchcock, Shadow of a Doubt in particular. Ailing city dweller François makes a therapeutic return visit to his home town in the country. Here he visits childhood friend Serge, and is appalled to find how far Serge has plummeted into alcoholism and self-pity. The two protagonists indulge in a transference of personal guilt, then an exchange of redemption. Highly influential in the French New Wave movement of the 1950s, Le Beau Serge has something very special to say about the care and nurturing of friendship, especially one that has dimmed with distance and time. Both male stars, as well as leading lady Bernadette Lafont, would continue working with director Chabrol for the remainder of his career.
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Le Beau Serge (1958)
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