1974 | France | Fiction

Lacombe, Lucien

  • French 138 mins
  • Director | Louis Malle
  • Writer | Patrick Modiano, Louis Malle
  • Producer | Louis Malle, Claude Nedjar

STATUS: Released

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One of the first French films to address the issue of collaboration during the German occupation, Louis Malle’s brave and controversial Lacombe, Lucien traces a young peasant’s journey from potential Resistance member to Gestapo recruit. At once the story of a nation and one troubled boy, the film is a disquieting portrait of lost innocence and guilt.

War Collaboration Innocence Guilt Occupation
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The Criterion Collection
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