With a superb music score by
Django Reinhardt, this is a
Louis Malle film about the German occupation of France. Based on his own experiences in France during the occupation,
Malle's
film does not paint a pretty picture of the French Resistance and
eventually he emigrated to America because of the critical reaction to
this film. Essentially the tale of a young boy who wants to join the
Resistance but is shunned by them because of his youth, he joins the
Gestapo. Unfortunately, he then falls in love with a young Jewish girl.
Push comes to shove and he suddenly has the unsympathetic Resistance and
the Gestapo hot on his trail. Not a pretty picture of either side.
