TY - ADVS AU - Blain,Gérard AU - Brialy,Jean-Claude AU - Chabrol,Claude AU - Meritz,Michèle ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) TI - Le beau serge T2 - Criterion Collection SN - 1604654783 PY - 2011/// CY - [New York] PB - Criterion Collection KW - Friendship KW - Drama KW - Small cities KW - France KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -