The film is set in France at the end of World War II. It is about a conscientious objector (Laurent Terzieff), imprisoned and on hunger strike, because of his opposition to war. He finds himself in jail with a German priest who had killed a French Resistance fighter. This set-up allows Autant-Lara to explore ideas about morality, obedience, and religion.
Production and releaseedit
Autant-Lara had trouble obtaining funding for the film, in part because of its anti-war message at the time of France's involvement in the Algerian War. He invested his own money in the film, and received support from Yugoslavia. The film was shown at the 1961 Venice Film Festival, but the French refused to show it in their pavilion so it was shown by the Yugoslavs. The film was then blocked from release in France for 2 years.[2]
Receptionedit
The film was badly received by the French press of its time. Bernard Dort, in one of the few positive reviews, noted that the film was more a study of its two main characters than an anti-war tirade.[3]
AllMovie gives it 3/5, criticising Autant-Lara's "cut-and-dried directorial techniques".[4]
Awardsedit
Suzanne Flon, playing the conscientious objector's mother, won the Volpi Cup at the 1961 Venice Film Festival for best actress. The film was nominated for Best Film at the 1963 British Academy Film Awards.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Venice Film Festival 1961". IMDb. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
^Girod, Francis (2003). "Discours de M. Francis Girod prononcé lors de sa réception sous la Coupole en hommage à Claude Autant-Lara". Académie des beaux-arts website. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
^Buache, Freddy (1982). Claude Autant-Lara. L'AGE D'HOMME. pp. 114–115. ISBN9782825133460.
^Erickson, Hal. "Tu Ne Tueras Point". AllMovies. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
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