Le Beau Serge (1958)

Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: André Dino, Bernadette Lafont, Claude Cerval, Edmond Beauchamp, Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jeanne Pérez, Michèle Méritz

Synopsis:

François returns to his village after a long absence. He finds his friend Serge who has married Yvonne, and has developed an alcohol problem after the death of their stillborn child. Serge has become an angry, bitter figure not unlike the roles of James Dean, refusing to face reality and adulthood and François must help him.