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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
(Elevator to the Gallows)
Louis Malle was just 25 years old when he directed Elevator to the Gallows. Its success helped to launch his career, made a star of Jeanne Moreau, and helped kick-start the French New Wave.
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Le Beau Serge
(Handsome Serge)
Le Beau Serge, directed by Claude Chabrol, has traditionally been cited as the first French New Wave film.Whether true or not, the film does exemplify many of the qualities that would come to be associated with the French New Wave: the story focuses on the travails of youth; it was shot on location using real locations and natural light; and Chabrol drew on his own life for source material.
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Les Cousins
(The Cousins)
Les Cousins, directed by Claude Chabrol, offers a darker, more ironic counterpoint to Le Beau Serge, following two young cousins whose shared life in Paris exposes the moral emptiness beneath youthful freedom. Stylish, cruel, and incisive, the film captures the New Wave’s fascination with youth, chance, and disillusion while sharpening Chabrol’s reputation as its most mordant observer of bourgeois values.
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