The Rebel (1980)
1h 45m
Running Time
November 12, 1980Release Date
Plot.
After the death of his parents, Pierre is forced to care for his younger sister Nathalie by committing petty crimes. In a recurring motif of Gérard Blain’s cinema, Pierre is taken under the wing of an older gay man, Hubert , who offers him work and financial security; but when Hubert makes advances to him, Pierre robs him and takes up with a group of radical leftists who are planning terrorist attacks. Without employment, Pierre loses Nathalie to child services and spirals into desperation, finally erupting in an act of horrific violence. An x-ray showing the largely undiagnosed sickness of its time, and a stern warning to ours.
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The Rebel (French: Le rebelle) is a 1980 French drama film directed by Gérard Blain and starring Patrick Norbert. It tells the story of a 20-year-old who sees himself as a revolutionary but rejects all ideologies, and has to tend for his younger sister when their mother dies.