Charles, a Parisian youth surrounded by peers equally disenchanted with the world as he is, fails to find meaning in life through conventional avenues like activism, religion, and love, and contemplates the ultimate escape from a world he deems irredeemable. A stark critique of society’s moral and spiritual bankruptcy, Bresson examines how nihilism becomes the logical endpoint of a decaying social order. 1977 Winner of the Silver Bear at Berlinale. Introduced by Grafton Nunes. Subtitles.