The film is interesting in the sense that for once we see the other side. Here no courageous resistant, just a bunch of idiotic, violent fascists. But the film is really not good. The camera work dramatically lacks imagination, the characters are dull and the story has next to no...( read more)
Aurore Clement,
Holger Löwenadler,
Loumi Iacobesco,
Pierre Blaise,
Pierre Decazes
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A boy is rejected for the French resistance and joins the Gestapo instead.
DVD Release Date: March 14, 2006
Stats: 74 reviews
Flixster Reviews (74)
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February 12, 2008
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December 7, 2009
The kid in this film is definitely a top contender for the Most Sociopathic Youth award. I was sufficiently entertained by this film but it isn't great. It's incredibly plodding at times and it tends to dead-end or simply leave certain points unended altogether. Lots of blank sta...( read more)
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January 17, 2009
The only thing that I cared about this film was that it's really easy to kill rabbits and chickens with your bare hands. I guess I already knew that about chickens, but not rabbits. I really didn't find the story interesting and was bored to death.
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November 3, 2008
want to see this because it won best picture with the BAFTA, and was nominated for best foreign film by NBR, the golden globes, and the oscars
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September 28, 2007
A story set in the days of the French Resistance during WWII. Been wanting to see this for years !
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May 20, 2007
One of the most interesting and thought-provoking films of all time. An superb look at WWII collaboration.
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March 19, 2007
Moving. Although similar to Malle's various other masterpieces, Lacombe Lucien is not necessarily the same. With a wonderfully cast group of characters, this movie's brilliance shines above all else. Although not the greatest film he ever directed, it is certainly a triumph.
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