The Carabineers

The Carabineers

1963 · 76 min · FR · 6.6 (74 votes)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard · Starring Marino Masé, Patrice Moullet, Geneviève Galéa, Catherine Ribeiro, Barbet Schroeder, Jean-Louis Comolli · Music Philippe Arthuys
ComedyDramaWar

During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.

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This film feels like a wry, melancholic observation on the absurdities of war and the promises that lure the desperate. Its satirical edge cuts deep, revealing the human cost beneath the grand narratives, all with a touch of Italian neorealist grit.

satiricalwrymelancholicabsurdiststeadyItalian neorealismdark comedyperiod piecewardeceptionclassrural life
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