Le Beau Serge

Visiting his hometown, Francois (Jean-Claude Brialy) with local Michel (Michele Creuze), then another encounter with now less-drunk ex-best friend Serge (Gerard Blain), his wife (Michele Meritz), her father and sister (Edmond Beauchamp, Bernadette Lafont), in Claude Chabrol's Le Beau Serge, 1958.

Med student Francois (Jean-Claude Brialy) back in his hometown, visits old friend Serge (Gerard Blain), for the first time not drunk, with his wife Yvonne (Michele Meritz), who had a miscarraige, and her sister (Bernadette Lafont), in Claude Chabrol's debut, Le Beau Serge, 1958.

Critic turned director Claude Chabrol shooting in his own hometown with his title character (Gerard Blain), now the town drunk, awakened by kids and worrying about how he looks to his visiting friend, in what is most often cited as the first New Wave feature, Le Beau Serge, 1958.

Somewhat historic, the opening of the first recognized French New Wave feature, Claude Chabrol directs the arrival of Jean-Claude Brialy, as medical graduate Francois, in Chabrol's own home town (Sardent), with a brief look at the title character (Gerard Blain), in Le Beau Serge, 1958.