Rent Le Beau Serge (1958)
3.7 of 5 from 78 ratings
1h 39min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
On stepping off the bus from Paris, François (Jean-Claude Brialy) quickly registers that life in his native village, Sardent, has moved on. Beneath the calm surface, an explosive cocktail of gossip, boredom, and repressed sexuality has fermented. Ostensibly back to recuperate from a bout of tuberculosis, François soon embarks on an almost religious quest to save his former close friend Serge (Gérard Blain) from self-destructive despair and alcoholism, and so the film resonates with Christian overtones of suffering, redemption and salvation. But it's not long before François falls into the arms and bed of the voluptuous Marie (Bernadette Laffont), thereby fuelling the villagers' mounting hostility to what they widely perceive as intrusive meddling. - Actors:
- Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz, Bernadette Lafont, Claude Cerval, Jeanne Pérez, Edmond Beauchamp, André Dino, Michel Creuze, Claude Chabrol, Philippe de Broca, Christine Dourdet, Géo Legros
- Directors:
- Claude Chabrol
- Producers:
- Claude Chabrol, Roland Nonin
- Writers:
- Claude Chabrol
- Aka:
- Le beau Serge
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- A Brief History of the Tradition of Quality, Remembering Alain Delon, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Claude Chabrol, The Instant Expert's Guide to François Truffaut
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Unknown
- Run Time:
- 99 minutes
- Languages:
- French
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- A 56-minute documentary about the making of the film
- L'Avarice (Avarice), a short film by Chabrol from 1962
