Lacombe Lucien

1974 [FRENCH]

Drama / Romance / War

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 8511 8.5K

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Plot summary

In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe 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 youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.

Director

Louis Malle Photo
Louis Malle

Top cast

Loumi Iacobesco Photo
Loumi Iacobesco as Betty Beaulieu
Jean Rougerie Photo
Jean Rougerie as Tonin
Gaëtan Bloom Photo
Gaëtan Bloom as
Aurore Clément Photo
Aurore Clément as France
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1.24 GB
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French 2.0
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24 fps
2 hr 17 min
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2.29 GB
1792*1072
French 2.0
R
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 17 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dlma1 M 8 / 10

Watched Lacombe, Lucien (1974) by Louis Malle last

Watched Lacombe, Lucien (1974) by Louis Malle last night on the Criterion Channel. I somehow had missed this one and hadn't seen it before. With a superb music score by Django Reinhardt, great cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli and fine direction by Malle, it is the story of a young man (Pierre Blaise, in his debut) in 1944 France. Pierre Blaise's character attempts to join the resistance but is rejected as too young so, of all things he joins the Carlingue, a group of French collaborators who helped the Gestapo! I can't go any further without being accused of spoiling the plot, so all I can say is that I recommend the film. 8/10. A note that Malle eventually left France under pressure because of his unflattering but accurate portrayal of Frenchmen during WWII (after the war every Frenchman seemed to claim to be a member of the Resistance!).
Reviewed by dave s 9 / 10

In Louis Malle's Lacombe, Lucien, 18-year-old Lucien (Pierre

In Louis Malle's Lacombe, Lucien, 18-year-old Lucien (Pierre Blaise) shows all the signs of a sociopath –hostility, aggression, a lack of empathy, and a disregard for the welfare of others, among other things. Set in 1944 France, Lucien, repugnant to the core, joins the Gestapo after being refused by Resistance forces, turning his back on his countrymen for his own narcissistic gain. Lacombe, Lucien is one of Malle's finer character studies, an examination of the origin of evil and how that evil takes root. It is bolstered by strong writing, some interesting characters (including France {Aurore Clement}, Lucien's Jewish girlfriend), and great performances throughout, making it one of Malle's best films.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature went to

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature went to Patrick Modiano, co-writer of this 1974 French film. Pierre Blaise gives a standout performance as the title character Lucien Lacombe, an enigmatic young man rejected by the Resistance in 1944 and instead stumbling into a role as a member of the Gestapo. The character is somewhat enigmatic and never successfully sympathetic but instead young, apathetic, selfish, cruel, quick to take advantage of his unexpected new powers as a German policeman but forced to face the consequences of the war, especially after he falls in love with a young Jewish woman. The movie is tense and suspenseful precisely because it is always unclear what Lacombe will do next, even after he begins to realize that he is probably on the wrong side of the war. One of the more disturbing aspects of the film is the apparent lack of rules about harming animals during the filming. There are some really gruesome dispatches of animals that reflect the time and culture and add to the character's cruelty and the bleakness of the film. This is not an enjoyable movie to watch but it is incredibly well done and its commentary about war and complicity will likely always be timely.
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