Le beau Serge
This recurring cycle is an opportunity to watch or re-watch classics from cinema history, or films representative of certain national cinematographies, trends or eras, on the big screen.
Winner of the Pardo for Best Direction for Claude Chabrol, Locarno Film Festival 1958
François, a young man from Paris, returns to his hometown where nothing has changed. He reunites with his childhood friend, who has become an alcoholic, and tries to help him.
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol was a French film director, producer, screenwriter, dialogist, and occasional actor. A member of the French New Wave generation, he was first a film critic and producer before beginning his career as a filmmaker. He is known for his sarcastic style and deep knowledge of cinema. He directed more than 70 films over a 50-year period, alternating between comedy of manners and drama, and covering film noir, genre films, and documentaries. An admirer of Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, and Jean Renoir, and a lover of detective novels and biting humor, Claude Chabrol loved to depict the hypocrisy and turpitude of the bourgeoisie, often provincial, with its vices and scandals hidden beneath a respectable facade. His work is a condemnation of a bourgeoisie greedy for money and obsessed with appearances. He is one of the few directors whose style and spirit gave rise to an adjective based on his surname (“Chabrolian”), which has entered everyday language and is recognized by certain dictionaries and encyclopedias. His films and actors have won numerous awards at international festivals. His career was crowned with the René Clair Award from the Académie française in 2005, the Berlinale Camera in 2009, and the Grand Prize of the SACD in 2010.
Photo: Robert Del Tredici | Collections de la Cinémathèque québécoise
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