The Rebel

The Rebel — 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.

• Release date
• November 12, 1980
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Gérard Blain

The Rebel — Cast

P

Patrick Norbert Pierre Michel Subor Beaufils

I

Isabelle Rosais Nathalie Jean-Jacques Aublanc Alain Françoise Michaud Corinne Alain Jérôme Jean-Claude