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The Rebel (1980)
Directed by Gérard Blain
Drama · 1h 45m
After the death of his parents, Pierre is forced to care for his younger sister Nathalie by committing petty crimes. In a recurring motif of Gérard Blain’s cinema, Pierre is taken under the wing of an older gay man, Hubert , who offers him work and financial security; but when Hubert makes advances to him, Pierre robs him and takes up with a group of radical leftists who are planning terrorist attacks. Without employment, Pierre loses Nathalie to child services and spirals into desperation, finally erupting in an act of horrific violence. An x-ray showing the largely undiagnosed sickness of its time, and a stern warning to ours.
Cast
Michel Subor
Jean-Jacques Aublanc
Françoise Michaud
Alain Jérôme
Crew
- Director
- Gérard Blain
- Writer
- Gérard Blain, André Debaecque
- Director of Photography
- Emmanuel Machuel
- Original Music Composer
- Catherine Lara
Details
- Original title
- Le rebelle
- Release date
- 1980-11-12
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- R.O.C.