Lacombe Lucien

I think the trouble with Louis Malle's Lacombe Lucien is Lucien himself. He's an awful little entitled young man who winds up working for the Nazis in the south of France. I guess I'm not sure what I was supposed to like about him. Of course, he's a stupid little boy, who doesn't have many options in life, but he knows he could do better, he just chooses the easiest, most violent path possible. Malle's film is well made, of course, but I don't think I liked it much. The film's best performance is by Holger Löwenadler, who plays the father of the woman Lucien claims he loves.