Le beau Serge

1958Movie⏱️ 1h 38mNot Rated

Drama

⭐ 7.1

IMDB Rating

4,076 votes

After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic.

Director

Claude Chabrol

Writers

N/A

Stars

Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz

Language

French

Country

France

🏆 2

Wins

💬 31

Reviews

📋 6.2K

Watchlists

📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Gérard Blain

as Serge

Jean-Claude Brialy

as François Baillou

Michèle Méritz

as Yvonne

Bernadette Lafont

as Marie

Claude Cerval

as The priest

👤

Jeanne Pérez

as Madame Chaunier

👤

Edmond Beauchamp

as Glomaud

André Dino

as Michel, the doctor

👤

Michel Creuze

as The baker

Claude Chabrol

as La Truffe

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Sardent, Creuse, France

Production

Ajym Films, Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

🏷️ Keywords

returning to childhood homereunion of friendsalcoholicboarding housetruck driver

🎯 Categories

FrenchDrama

⭐ Featured Review

The Impressive Debut of Claude Chabrol

by claudio_carvalho • 2012-07-29

7/10

"In France, François Baillou (Jean-Claude Brialy) returns to his village to spend the winter as part of his treatment of tuberculosis. On the arrival, François sees his former best friend Serge (Gérard Blain) and greets him, but Serge is drunk and does not recognize him. François learns that Serge is a frustrated man since he had not gone to the Architecture University and has stayed in the village working as truck driver since he had to marry his pregnant girlfriend Yvonne (Michèle Méritz). When the baby was born, he was mongoloid and died. Now Serge is the drunkard of the village. François ..."