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Le Beau Serge (French pronunciation: [lə bo sɛʁʒ], literal English translation: "Handsome Serge") is a 1958 French film directed by Claude Chabrol. It has been cited as the first product of the Nouvelle Vague, or French New Wave, film movement.
Le Beau Serge: Directed by Claude Chabrol. With Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz, Bernadette Lafont. After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic.
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- Claude Chabrol
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Le Beau Serge est un drame français de 1958, considéré comme le premier long métrage de la Nouvelle Vague. Il raconte l'histoire d'un ami qui revient dans son village natal pour aider son ami alcoolique et violent.
- Claude Chabrol
- Claude Chabrol
His absorbing landmark debut, Le beau Serge, follows a successful yet sickly young man (Jean‑Claude Brialy) who returns home to the small village where he grew up. There, he finds himself at odds with his former close friend (Gérard Blain)—now unhappily married and a wretched alcoholic—and the provincial life he represents.
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Feb 22, 2013 · The director's masterful feature debut — ironic, funny, unsparing — is a revelation: another of that rare breed of film where the dusty formula might be used in full sincerity: Le Beau Serge...
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The directorial debut of Claude Chabrol, this drama centers on Francois Baillou (Jean-Claude Brialy), who has returned to his small hometown after years away.
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Sep 19, 2011 · Le beau Serge, completed when Chabrol was just twenty-seven, has the look and the temperament of a film made by someone twenty, even thirty years his senior. It’s a movie about the young by a director with a precociously old head.
