Lacombe Lucien (1974)
Directed by Louis Malle
Genres - Drama, Romance, War |
Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age, Psychological Drama, War Drama, War Romance |
Run Time - 132 min. |
Countries - Germany, France, Italy |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Tana Hobart
With a superb music score by Django Reinhardt, this is a Louis Malle film about the German occupation of France. Based on his own experiences in France during the occupation, Malle's film does not paint a pretty picture of the French Resistance and eventually he emigrated to America because of the critical reaction to this film. Essentially the tale of a young boy who wants to join the Resistance but is shunned by them because of his youth, he joins the Gestapo. Unfortunately, he then falls in love with a young Jewish girl. Push comes to shove and he suddenly has the unsympathetic Resistance and the Gestapo hot on his trail. Not a pretty picture of either side.
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war, deportation, enemy, farming, love, Nazism, occupation [military], on-the-run, resistance, treason, boy, France, Germany, Gestapo, Judaism, youth
