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Le Beau Serge · LeviOsa

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1959·12

Le Beau Serge

Drama1h 38m

🍅100%

🍅

100%

Tomatometer

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76%

Popcornmeter

6.9

TMDB

Storyline

After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic.

Trailers

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Official Trailer

Details

DirectorClaude Chabrol

ReleasedJan 10, 1959

StatusReleased

Original languageFrench

Budget

$6.6M

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide12CH

Studios

Ajym FilmsCoopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

Cast

Gérard Blain

Gérard Blain

Serge

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

François

Michèle Méritz

Michèle Méritz

Yvonne

Bernadette Lafont

Bernadette Lafont

Marie

Edmond Beauchamp

Edmond Beauchamp

Glomaud

Claude Cerval

Claude Cerval

Priester

André Dino

Arzt Michel

Jeanne Pérez

Jeanne Pérez

Madame Chaunier

Michel Creuze

Der Bäcker

Philippe de Broca

Philippe de Broca

Jacques Rivette de la Chasuble

Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

La Truffe

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

6 fresh · 0 rotten

T

Tom Milne

RTTime OutSep 19, 2011

It presents a bleak, beautifully observed picture of provincial life, later revisited to even more stunning effect in Le Boucher.

V

Variety Staff

RTVarietySep 19, 2011

An important new French director, Claude Chabrol, is unveiled in this pic.

J

Jonathan Rosenbaum

RTChicago ReaderJan 1, 2000

It has a certain fascination as Chabrol's first practical (as opposed to critical) encounter with mise en scene.

F

Fernando F. Croce

RTCinePassionFeb 7, 2014

Part mock-neorealist homoerotic foxtrot, part obsessively symmetrical Cahiers du Cinma analysis of Hitchcock's I Confess

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Information

Title

Le Beau Serge

Released

Jan 10, 1959

Rated

12

Region of Origin

France

Original Audio

French

Runtime

1h 38m

Status

Released

Studios

Ajym Films, Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

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