Directed by Louis Malle. Starring Lea Massari and Benoît Ferreux.

Set in France in the 1950s, this is the bawdy tale of Laurent a fifteen-year-old lad who gets drunk, smokes, has sex, and is smothered by his gorgeous mother. Scandalous when it came out, this film still manages to shock.

In French with English subtitles.
(1971) 118 min.

Few American actors’ careers were as long, varied, and acclaimed as Burt Lancaster’s. Whether portraying a dashing pirate, a womanizing military sergeant, an oil tycoon, an amoral journalist, or a broken middle-aged narcissist—Lancaster always made his roles uniquely his own. Join us this Spring on Wednesday nights as we revisit seven of his films at our favorite coffeehouse, Café Ole.