Les Cousins

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Les Cousins is a 1959 French New Wave drama film by Claude Chabrol that explores the moral and psychological clash between two cousins in Parisian student life.

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instanceOf French New Wave film
drama film
film
awardReceived Golden Bear
awardReceivedAt Berlin International Film Festival
surface form: 9th Berlin International Film Festival
basedInPartOn Claude Chabrol’s observations of student life in Paris
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Henri Decaë
containsElement party scenes
tragic ending
countryOfOrigin France
dialogueLanguage French
director Claude Chabrol
directorPreviousFilm Le Beau Serge
distributor Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
editedBy Jacques Gaillard
filmingStyle location shooting
naturalistic lighting
follows Le Beau Serge
genre drama film
hasOriginalTitle Les Cousins self-link
hasReception critically acclaimed
hasTheme fate and chance
innocence versus corruption
provincial versus urban values
mainCharacters two cousins
medium 35 mm film
movement French New Wave
musicBy Paul Misraki
narrativeFocus moral conflict
psychological conflict
student life
notableFor early example of French New Wave narrative experimentation
originalLanguage French
partOf Claude Chabrol filmography
producer Claude Chabrol
publicationDate 1959
releaseYear 1959
runtimeMinutes 112
screenwriter Claude Chabrol
settingLocation Paris
stars Guy Decomble
Gérard Blain NERFINISHED
Jean-Claude Brialy
Juliette Mayniel
targetAudience adult

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French New Wave notableWork Les Cousins
Claude Chabrol notableWork Les Cousins
Les Cousins hasOriginalTitle Les Cousins self-link
Henri Decaë workedOn Les Cousins