Le Beau Serge is a French film directed by Claude Chabrol, released in 1958 Claude Chabrol (born June 24, 1930) is a French movie director and has become well-known in the 40 years since his first film, Le Beau Serge, for his chilling tales of murder, including Le Boucher. ... See also: 1957 in film 1958 1959 in film 1950s in film years in film film // Events February 16- In the Money is released on this date. ...
Synopsis
Francois returns to his village after a long absence. He finds his friend Serge who has married Yvonne, has a handicapped child and has developed an alcohol problem.
Impact
Le Beau Serge is considered the first film of the French Nouvelle Vague.
François Truffauts New Wave film Jules et Jim The New Wave (French: la Nouvelle Vague) was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s. ...
The same year he made Les Cousins, Chabrol released his first color feature, À Double Tour; a crime drama centering on the effects of the murder of a woman upon a dysfunctional family, it contained a measured critique of bourgeois moral values and the social and familial causes of violence.
In Le Boucher, released the same year, Poupaul, a possibly homicidal butcher, tries to have a relationship with uptight schoolteacher Helene, who has displaced her sexual energies onto Charles, one of her young students.
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