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Release Year: 1974
Nation: France, Germany, Italy
Alternative Title: Håndlangeren, Ystävät ja viholliset, Eponymo: Lacombe, onoma - Lucien, Cognome e nome: Lacombe Lucien, Lacombe Lucien, o Colaboracionista, Lacombe, Lucien
Director: Louis Malle
Writer: Louis Malle, Patrick Modiano
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Companies: Hallelujah-Film GmbH, NEF, Vides Cinematografica
Genre: Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Drama, Romance, Romance Film, War
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Keywords: children in wartime, french gestapo, maquis, war crimes
In rural France during World War II, an 18-year-old named Lucien Lacombe tries to join the French Resistance but is rejected due to his youth. Resentful, Lucien joins the French Gestapo instead and begins to enjoy the power that comes with his position. Complications arise when he meets and falls for France Horn, a young Jewish woman whose family he has been tasked with locating by the Nazis.
Louis Malle's 'Lacombe Lucien' (1974) is a French-German-Italian drama set in wartime France. The film follows Lucien Lacombe, an 18-year-old who seeks to join the Resistance but ends up joining the French Gestapo instead. This controversial drama explores themes of power dynamics and moral ambiguity during wartime, as seen through the eyes of this disaffected youth. The story is centered around Lucien's relationship with France Horn, a young Jewish woman whose life becomes intertwined with his.
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