Grard Blain and Jean-Claude Brialy star in the first of their collaborations with the great Claude Chabrol. The director's masterful feature debut - ironic, funny, unsparing - is a revelation: another of that rare breed of film where the dusty formula might be used in full sincerity: Le Beau Serge marks the beginning of the Chabrol touch. In this first feature film of the French New Wave, one year before Truffaut's The Four Hundred Blows, the dandyish Franois (Brialy, of Godard's A Woman Is a Woman, Rohmer's Claire's Knee, and countless other cornerstones of 20th-century... French cinema) takes a holiday from the city to his home village of Sardent, where he reconnects with his old chum Serge (Blain), now a besotted and hopeless alcoholic, and sly duplicitous carnal Marie (Bernadette Lafont). A grave triangle forms, and a tragic slide ensues. From Le Beau Serge onward up to his final film Bellamy in 2009, the revered Chabrol would come to leave a significant and lasting impression upon the French cinema - frequently with great commercial success. It is with great pride that we present Le Beau Serge, the kickstart of the Nouvelle Vague and of Chabrol's enormous body of work, on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK for the first time. Special Features: Gorgeous new Gaumont restoration of the film in its original aspect ratio New and improved English subtitles Original theatrical trailer A 56-minute documentary about the making of the film L'Avarice [Avarice], Chabrol's 1962 short film A lengthy booklet with a new and exclusive essay by critic Emmanuel Burdeau; excerpts of interviews and writing by Chabrol; and more [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play SYNOPSIS Gérard Blain and Jean - Claude Brialy star in the first of their collaborations with the great Claude Chabrol The director&39;s masterful feature debut - ironic funny unsparing - is a revelation another of that rare breed of film where the dusty formula might be used in full sincerity Le Beau Serge marks the beginning of " the Chabrol touch "In this first feature film of the French New Wave one year before Truffaut&39;s The Four Hundred Blows the dandyish François (Brialy of Godard&39;s A Woman Is a Woman Rohmer&39;s Claire&39;s Knee and countless other cornerstones of 20th - century French cinema) takes a holiday from the city to his home village of Sardent where he reconnects with his old chum Serge (Blain) now a besotted and hopeless alcoholic and sly duplicitous carnal Marie (Bernadette Lafont) A grave triangle forms and a tragic slide ensues From Le Beau Serge onward up to his final film Bellamy in 2009 the revered Chabrol would come to leave a significant and lasting impression upon the French cinema - frequently with great commercial success It is with great pride that we present Le Beau Serge the kickstart of the Nouvelle Vague and of Chabrol&39;s enormous body of work on Blu - ray and DVD in the UK for the first time SPECIAL DVD EDITIONGorgeous new Gaumont restoration of the film in its original aspect ratioNew and improved English subtitlesOriginal theatrical trailerA 56 - minute documentary about the making of the filmL&39; Avarice Avarice Chabrol&39;s 1962 short filmA lengthy booklet with a new and exclusive essay by critic Emmanuel Burdeau; excerpts of interviews and writing by Chabrol; and more
Claude Chabrol's directorial debut has also been credited as the first effort to emerge from the French New Wave. François (Stéphane Audran) returns to his hometown from the big city to find that his old friends have settled into depressing routines. Serge (Gérard Blain), for instance, is stuck in a loveless marriage and has hit the bottle in response. François determines to help him turn his life around, despite warnings that his involvement may do more harm than good.
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