Lacmobe lucien

Question 1

first demonstration of evil in lucien

Answer 1

shoots the bird, ironic, given where he is

Question 2

who is the film by?

Answer 2

louis Malle

Question 3

importance of the credit sequence

Answer 3

humble origins, he waves to people, a simple country boy

Question 4

lucien, impolite to little boy

Answer 4

takes his chair, asserts his power necessarily

Question 5

what is luciens role in the houeshold

Answer 5

provide for the family?

Question 6

mixed views on death of Lucien

Answer 6

the camera goes from him with the dead horse, looking rather nostalgic and pensive to him killing a rabbit in a field , he is relentless and shows no mercy, foreboding perhaps

Question 7

the beauty of the film lies

Answer 7

in the power of suggestion

Question 8

just after he is seen herding the sheep what happens

Answer 8

we here the call ‘lucien’

Question 9

what does the woman opening letters say to Lucien

Answer 9

Monsieur Tonin likes lucien, he is easily swayed

Question 10

how is Lucien when he hears the cries of the teacher

Answer 10

he is disturbed a little, possibly a little shocked to see everyone else continuing like normal

Question 11

how does lucien behave when he is getting his suit fitted?

Answer 11

He is confident, doesn’t take his glasses off, cold

Question 12

what does Lucien here in the hotel?

Answer 12

He is learns all different attitudes to foreigners, such as one man who admits to not liking

Question 13

outre que

Answer 13

except that

Question 14

sinon que

Answer 14

except that

Question 15

dés lors que

Answer 15

as soon as

Question 16

once

Answer 16

une fois que

Question 17

je veux bien

Answer 17

I wouldn’t mind

Question 18

what’s the name of the teacher they tourture

Answer 18

peyssac

Question 19

example of evil

Answer 19

when he ruins the boy’s boat

Question 20

how does lucien behave around his colleagues

Answer 20

he copies them, like ruining the boys boat, he is a follower

Question 21

how does Lucien behave when he brings the campagne?

Answer 21

He is over disorderly
and boisterous
He intrudes without fear

Question 22

there are two occasions where people don’t believe he is with the police, what does this suggest

Answer 22

that, he doesn’t impose himself, maybe shows also that there was a stigma attached to them which Lucien didn’t embody so feels he has to overcompensate with malicious and assertive behaviour

Question 23

when Lucien goes into all these houses, he makes himself at home, perhaps doesn’t know boundaries,

Answer 23

he does a lot of peeping and spying

Question 24

doesn’t know what he’s preaching, blinded by the trouble they’re causing, he’s fighting for something he doesn’t understand

Answer 24

Lacombe enters the house after his chief is shot at an untimely hour

Question 25

at heart

Answer 25

perhaps lucien is kind, buys champagne, flowers for the widow

Question 26

lots of staring between

Answer 26

France's father, Albert and Lucien

Question 27

contrasts in music

Answer 27

between Albert's house and the german hotel

Question 28

Who does Lucien try to control at the hotel?

Answer 28

France, tries to take her home early

Question 29

how many jews were deported during German occupation

Answer 29

76,000

Question 30

what period was the film made and filmed in

Answer 30

a period when people started to once again confront the truths of the vichy regime, explains a lot about the content of the film

Question 31

'sheer thoughtlessness'

Answer 31

Arendt said this

Question 32

How does Malle make it difficult to answer whether Lucien is evil?

Answer 32

He constantly counters actions that lucien makes, he makes Lucien seem ambiguous and on occasions seem compassionate

Question 33

Does lucien ever stop to reflect?

Answer 33

Yes, when he sees France in the line | Yes when he tries on the suit and looks at himself in the mirror

Question 34

'the screen play is assured, but minimal'

Answer 34

Schneider, he also adds both the actor and the character of Lucien wonder though "with a lack of bearing"- we are drawn into this, it makes judging Lucien all the more difficult

Question 35

what does the ending suggest

Answer 35

the tranquility of the scenery combined with the music contrasts subtly with the news that Lucien was tried and we are left in the same position we started in, with regard to Lucien.

Question 36

sadism

Answer 36

Lucien gets pleasure from inflicting pain on others, inferior beings

Question 37

How does Malle leaves viewers

Answer 37

we are not sure whether Malle actually condemns lucien's actions, the beauty lies once again in the art of suggestion

Question 38

How doe we see Lucien is power and money driven

Answer 38

He hear's that his comrade once had a very rich and beautiful girl friend and immediately goes to stop France from dancing with another man

Question 39

Is Lucien a impulsive thinker

Answer 39

yes he does not use his words, feels he has a reputation to uphold and perhaps consequently feels the need to assert his new found power and authority

Question 40

example of hatred to jews

Answer 40

Later has a breakdown when she sees that Lucien is sleeping with une 'salle juive'

Question 41

Lucien doesn't really have a base

Answer 41

he flirts between homes et.c and we often get a picture of him walking though the streets, with purpose?

Question 42

what does the mother say to Albert when she comes to visit?

Answer 42

that he is not evil | perhaps he can reason with him

Question 43

Is he generous

Answer 43

Gives his mum money to take away, perhaps he sees this life as a lucrative option

Question 44

example of disrespect towards albert

Answer 44

'pourquoi me tutoyez-vous?'

Question 45

Perhaps Lucien is simply thoughtless

Answer 45

he ignores several signs, from his mother, from albert, his friends die. The fact that Louis Malle keeps him alive is almost as bad as killing him, he comes to see the destruction from both points of view

Question 46

Corruption inside the police

Answer 46

Lucien steels a watch from France's case, the other soldier takes it off him though?

Question 47

betty beaulieu

Answer 47

the lady who has a go at lacombe

Question 48

the man who destroys the ship with lucien

Answer 48

jean bernard

Question 49

the man who arrests albert

Answer 49

Faure