Review of Le Beau Serge (1959) by Morten Ø — 21 Nov 2010
"Le Beau Serge" both started Chabrols long career and the french new wave. The story is qutie simple: Francois returns to the town in which he was raised and discorvers an old friend has started drinking and in generel lives a pretty misrable life. Francois decides to help, but finds out it takes a lot more effort than one might think.
The story has some extremely cruel momements and deals with as harsh themes as incest; a guy having an affair with two sisters; jalousy between friends and small town people in the bad way (See: Straw Dogs).
Compared to Truffaut's "Les quatre cents coups" and Godard's "A bout de souffle" this movie seems a bit less experimenting. The movie, however, is just a brilliant as "A bout de souffle" and definitely one I want to watch again.
This review of Le Beau Serge (1959) was written by Morten Ø on 21 Nov 2010.
Le Beau Serge has generally received positive reviews.
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