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Lacombe, Lucien [lakɔ̃b ly.sjɛ̃] is a 1974 French war drama film by Louis Malle about a French teenage boy during the German occupation of France in World War II. Lacombe, Lucien received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film , a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film , and the U.S. National Board of ...
Sep 29, 1974 · Lacombe, Lucien: Directed by Louis Malle. With Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler, Therese Giehse. In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
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Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Louis Malle ’s “Lacombe, Lucien” (1974) opens with a young man cleaning the floors of a hospital ward. Outside, a bird sings. The youth goes to the window, spots the bird, takes a slingshot from his pocket and kills the bird. He resumes his task of cleaning floors.
From Pauline Kael's 1974 New Yorker review. Reprinted with permission from the New Yorker. Introducing himself to a delicate, fine-boned parisienne, the farm-boy hero of Louis Malle’s new movie does not give his name as Lucien Lacombe; he gives the bureaucratic designation—Lacombe, Lucien.
Lacombe, Lucien. One of the first French films to address the issue of collaboration during the German occupation, Louis Malle’s brave and controversial Lacombe, Lucien traces a young peasant’s journey from potential Resistance member to Gestapo recruit. At once the story of a nation and one troubled boy, the film is a disquieting portrait ...
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In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe (Pierre Blaise) 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...
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Starring Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler. One of the first French films to address the issue of collaboration during the German occupation, Louis Malle’s brave and controversial LACOMBE, LUCIEN traces a young peasant’s journey from potential Resistance member to Gestapo recruit.
