Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

• Director
  • Louis Malle
• Writers
  • Louis Malle
  • Patrick Modiano
• Stars
  • Pierre Blaise
  • Aurore Clément
  • Holger Löwenadler

  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.