Le beau serge [videorecording] / Gaumont presents ; a film by Claude Chabrol ; production, Ajym Films.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: CC2055 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 580.Publication details: [New York] : Criterion Collection, 2011.Edition: [Standard format], DVD special edDescription: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1604654783
- 9781604654783
- Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; music, Émile Delpierre.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Le Beau Serge was the first film of French critic-turned-director Claude Chabrol. Though not a murder melodrama, the film is heavily influenced by the works of Chabrol's idol Alfred Hitchcock, Shadow of a Doubt in particular. Ailing city dweller Francois (Jean-Claude Brialy) makes a therapeutic return visit to his home town in the country. Here he visits childhood friend Serge (Gerard Blain), and is appalled to find how far Serge has plummeted into alcoholism and self-pity. The two protagonists indulge in a transference of personal guilt, then an "exchange of redemption" (to quote Chabrol chronicler Charles Derry). Highly influential in the French New Wave movement of the 1950s, Le Beau Serge has something very special to say about the care and nurturing of friendship, especially one that has dimmed with distance and time. Both male stars, as well as leading lady Bernadette Lafont, would continue working with director Chabrol for the remainder of his career. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Includes special features..
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Title from container.
Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; music, Émile Delpierre.
Gerard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz, Bernadette Lafont, Jeanne Pérez, Claude Cerval, Edmond Beauchamp.
Follows a successful yet sickly young man who returns home to the small village where he grew up. There, he finds himself at odds with his former close friend - now unhappily married and a wretched alcoholic - and the provincial life he represents. Includes bonus features.
DVD; Dolby digital mono.; region 1, NTSC.
French dialogue; English subtitles.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.