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剧情简介
M(/iddle cla.s$/_s student Bob ]L e_+telli e;=r ente $rs a n%*ew wor_=ld when he mee !ts Al_ai^]n(;/, a free-th;]inking re , bel who*, al=;!o :ng with his group of young Parisi] ans, h:as opted` for ,%:a life of i) n *stant gratificati!#^on instead of wor^ k and commitment. At ^ a* party,. Bob meet$s `a yo`*`ung_/ woman, ?, Mi+c, wh$\o appe) @a.#rs to_-, be+$ just*=- as+ @^ c-%@^arefree and cynical as Alain. Mi c_,&;_ #39s only dream is to own a luxury (^%car$@],, and wit:\h Bob's_;;?$ help, she manag_+=es. to .%find the ].)mone??=\y to b ^ut it. Mic&!+#^$/39s fri#en-,d # Clo discovers[ sh e is pregnant [ and, n@] ot kno@ wing who the !=^fathe r is+ ?, she !/?a sks Bob ) to ] [marry her. [Whe: /?n the*@[y n!.=_ex t meet +at a party, Bob and Mic]) deny that*. they have a ny $ _+feelings f=or one anothe$ ..r - a de^cl% aration tha/#^t soon lead` s to()] tr-agedy... ? Marcel ;]Carn(é is wid(% e #[ly:@ regar( ?:ded as one of the st$`andard ^] be+ar].ers of French !( qua(;lity *cinema of/. th*$ e 1930s and%, 1940s,:? $@res%*pon=),s\ibl[e f!or such maste rpiece s as(\ Q uai d$ [es bru*#` (mes (19[!38) ?and= Les \Enf-.!]ants(` du Paradis^]-% ( .1945). How :.*ir+,onic then =that, ?in$#-(^ ]=^[!1958 .,][+ toward[ s the en].d)[ of $$ hi s film-making care#e $r, h* `e s\_houl; d ma^ke a @)film-+: whi ch dared/=% (:)%+to -\portray the%;. at/*=t.%itud]\( e s ?and beha^(]viour! of t^ ;he ^1950s yout : h, in a way that eff+,ectively :/ c]aptures=; the mood and sentimen(-t of the time. Les Tricheurs was a hugely controver=sial^[ f .ilm,^ *=/not^ _- le_!ast:-: because of its bla+; `tant depi @c%/t%^)ion@@ of ado-lesce*// nt fre?^e-+$+.=lov-e, an\d was even b]anned in / some r=!*egions;$ of Fra $n%ce.!)+\; It a lso rec\$///eived @[? some intensely unfav %ourable revie%ws=`-], mos?t notably @ from the young h? o+@#th);e ads [on;_ the Ca/ hiers du ) cinéma :-!] such as Fran?ço=\] i ?s Truffau.] t who $[cited this film as ]a prime e[ ,_x!ample of the decline of French cinema into medi =@)ocrity]@=`. ^ In* spite of al) ]l this! nega* ,\tive pre; ] ss), t he .\film proved to $$\$b( e an asto@ nishing co mmerc @i ,a ^l +success, at?=tracti`]*ng five million cinem` @/a -go e@,_ rs, a!nd was a warded the Grand Prix du Cinéma français ?i ? n =# 1958. Wh/ilst Les Triche* urs is n$ot as flawle]]ss % _@as Car(*]%né ?'s ear@lier mast-?erp # ie?)ces, it is) n#@ onethele .@s(s a s*$]ignificant work, havi )ng the power ?* to bo_:th sho=$ck and m= ove its audience:, whi\^l@st having` g\reat entertainment valu:#e. It evokes ] the mood of its t_*ime in: ) a* wa.\!y /=;that f ew Fr ench films of this! ] period? \(:did,@ depict ?)ing young *pe;---ople as pleasure-seeking r^ .\ ebe`ls^, + rejecting the aust !erity and d+)_iscipline of the previous ge_[neration w h[il *st pursuing a life without ]# cares, re [sponsibili; [t ies) or love. Sim ilar[itie[:$s /$[ /\@-with James Dean's films [\)=of the 1950s (most !notably Rebel `w\ %itho+ ut#] a C_ ause) are /*app[ _\arent, althou [= gh Ca .:;rné`#'s tre .atment of young people is f ar %more abst #ra,*[ ct - in h is: : + f.ilm the +:*y m.`erely sy,mbolise a w[orld that :_h#as los t it ]s way, # _more or [ _less,: v=,ictims of po[^st-wa/$r$_ pr? osperity!. Although the@_ young p#?e*+ople in Les Tricheurs l*ack the au; thenticity to@ be tota.=(\lly credi( %*ble, the fi/?lm does %;%#m_ake an i.mp/@.. ortant, and in# dee? _d =@^quite distur bi `ng po%int, about :]`where t *he per\.-mis]siv[`e .soci,ety may be heading. Much of the ple_asure of the film! i; s /in the .performanc ! es fro[+m its four lead] actors, Jacq*: ues \,:(]Cha-r_ rier, =\(;Pascale Peti!-t, .Laurent Te%:rzieff an/]?d And]-_!réa; _, Pa^ r: isy, although only Terzieff is really co(+nvinc`- ing in h +)is role. Mar ,\*ce@ .l] %^=Ca\#rné or ig ina!l]!l +y cons:idered Alain %% D@ el?on an d Jean-Pau%l ,Bel ;mondo fo =r the pa r \ `t s #.of B).ob - and Ala$/ in?! respectively!, before op]ting*` for Charrier a=nd Terzieff? . As a consolation, \+Carné o *$.ffered Bel $mondo a +smaller p art i*n t;!he fi/!)lm - alas too sm,all^/ for the act`(!-or to be noticed ?@)^by . !the public. ]Belmond#[+o&^:#39s breakt [h.-#rough had to;@ wait,# un ?til the:]? follow ing year wh/ en he starred in Jea n-Luc Godar[d'-s r-.)evolu` tionary! @ A bout de souffle*, a film which offers a ver _$`y di fferent p_+)ers,/pective of ( the %!+$youth gene] rat i,)on.