Middle class student B ob Letellier enters a new world when he meets Alain, a free-thinki ng rebel who, along with his group of young Parisian s, has opted for a life of insta nt gratification instead of work and commitment. At a party, Bo b meets a young wo man, Mic, who app ears to b e just as carefree and cyn ical as Ala in. Mic's only dream is to own a luxury car, and w ith Bob's help, she manages to find th e money to but it. Mic 's friend Clo discovers she is pregnant and, not knowing who the father is, she as ks B ob to marry her. W hen they next meet at a pa rty, Bob and Mic de ny that they have any fee lings for one another - a decla ration tha t soon leads to trag edy... Marcel Carné is widely regarded as one of the standard bearers of French qual ity cinema of the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for such masterpieces as Quai d es brumes (1938) and Les E nfants du Paradis (1945). How ironic then that, in 1958, to wards the end of his film -making caree r, h e should ma ke a film which dared to p ortray the attitudes and be haviou r of the 1950s youth, in a way tha t effect ively capture s the mood and sentiment of t he time. Les Trich eurs was a hu gely cont rover sial f ilm, not l east because of its blatant de piction of ad olescent free- love, and was even banned in some regions of France. It also received some intensely unfavour able reviews, most notably from the youn g ho theads on the Cahiers du cinéma such as François Truffa ut who cited this film a s a p rime example of the decline of French cinema into medio crity. In spite of all this negative press, the fil m proved to be an aston ishing comm ercial su ccess, at tracting five mill ion cine ma-goers, and was awar ded the G rand Prix du Cinéma fra nçais in 1 958. Wh ilst Le s Tricheurs is not as flawl ess as Carné's earl ier masterpieces, it is none theless a significa nt wo rk, having the power to both shock and move its audie nce, whil st having great e nter tainment value. It evoke s the mood of its time in a way that few French films of th is period di d, depicting young people as pleasure-seeking rebel s, rejecting the austerity and disci pline of th e previous generation whilst p ursuing a life witho ut cares, r esponsib ilities o r love. Similarities with J ames Dean's films of the 1950 s (most notably Rebel witho ut a Cause ) are apparent, although Carné's t reatment of young people is far more abstrac t - in his film they merely sy mbolise a world that has l ost its w ay, m ore or l ess victi ms of post-w ar prosp erity . Although the young people i n Les Tricheurs lack the authenticity to be totally credible, the film does make an import ant, and indeed q uite distur bing point , abo ut where t he permissive society may be heading. Much of the pleasure of the film is in the performances from its four lead actors, J acques Ch arrier , Pascale Petit, Laurent Terzieff and Andréa P arisy , although only Te rzieff is really convin cing in his role. Marcel Carné ori ginally consid ered Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmo ndo for the parts of Bob an d Alain respectively, before opting for Charrier and Terzieff. As a co nsolation, Carné o ffered Be lmondo a smaller part in the fi lm - alas too small for the actor to be notic ed by the public. Belmondo's breakthrou gh had to wait u ntil the followin g year when he s tarred i n Je an-Luc Godard's revolutionary A bout de souffle, a film which offers a very differen t perspect ive of the yo uth generation.
精彩剧情/对白：“当初，你给父 亲请封世子，我 照拂宁伯候府，如今你我都已经做到了。宁伯候府的两位 姐，我自然 而然可以带着她们参 加各种宴会，若是她 们自己有造化，我自然也不会阻拦。但是宁伯候府的 少爷，想要差事，就得靠自己...”
“女人上阵杀 敌，必然是会 被敌人轻视的， 而这个时候，若是这个她们表 现的好， 岂不是事半功倍吗？打 的是出其不意。以前不能，是因为她们是没有办法驾驭弓箭的 ，而现在不同 ，现在咱们的弓箭，即便是女子，也 可以长久的作战吧？况且将来若是真的有什么战事了，在征兵的同时，可以征 一些女人，这样的话，兵 力更强。”
“周家如今不见人，还将 我赶了出去，想来将来是不打算 搭理我们王家了。回去 和爹他们了一声，这事情办的这样 难，结果老三觉得是我办的不好，爹也不吭声，大约是 觉得老三做的没什么问题 了。总归是生气的，你我忙活大半辈子，结果这 日子越过越苦，一点希 望也看不到
“不仅您糊涂，我 也糊涂啊，本来都过去很久 的事情了，当 初只是在门诊室起了口角 ，我和我爱人并没有追 究下去，谁知道到了今天，居然还有 人拿出来说事儿，我不知道张美凤的目的是什么？如果她对我当初提出的 反对意见有不满，大可 以来找我。”
“是，我是偏心那 孩子，但如果不是你多事，惹出那些事来，戚尧不 会差点犯下大错，他还是个孩子，冲动偏激是他的底色，你是什么？是一个受 过良好教育的成年人，为 什么要一次次去逼迫一 个孩子？逼 着他去不断犯错，然后伤害到昊昊，你就高兴了？”
