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Lacombe, Lucien (1974) probably ruffled as many feathers as any film Malle ever made (including his notorious Pretty Baby, 1978), and with good reason. The story of a teenage peasant (Pierre Blaise) who joins up with the Gestapo after being rejected as too young by the French Resistance, Lacombe, Lucien documents one person's journey to the dark side, and it's a disturbing sight.
In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his ...
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Lacombe, Lucien. It is 1944 and in rural France an eighteen-year-old finds himself caught between his job as a member of the Gestapo, and the Jewish girl he is falling in love with. As provocative as it is ambitious, Louis Malle's visually stunning wartime romance saw him win the BAFTA for Best Film in 1975.
Lacombe, Lucien It is 1944 and in rural France an eighteen-year-old finds himself caught between his job as a member of the Gestapo, and the Jewish girl he is falling in love with. 200 2 h 17 min 1974
Apr 14, 2009 · In this way, Lacombe, Lucien can be regarded as an important link between Robert Bresson and Bruno Dumont, between the driven and tormented existential souls of Journal d’un curé de campagne/Diary of a Country Priest (1951) and Un condamné à mort s’est échappé, ou Le vent souffle où il veut/A Man Escaped (1956) and the blunt, alienated, un-reflective and ultimately brutalising farmer ...
The main reason for Lacombe, Lucien's unpopularity was Malle's refusal to take sides at a time when Vichy's scars were still acutely painful. By limiting Lucien's education and making him the ...
