The Devil, Probably 1977

Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting each one. As his disgust deepens over the moral and physical decay of the society around him, he becomes convinced that suicide is his only escape, a bleak, nihilistic contemplation of existence.

Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting each one. As his disgust deepens over the moral and physical decay of the society around him, he becomes convinced that suicide is his only escape, a bleak, nihilistic contemplation of existence.

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The film opens with two contradictory newspaper headlines about Charles’s death, set against the quiet backdrop of Père Lachaise Cemetery. Six months earlier, the narrative unfolds through flashbacks and the perspectives of those closest to him, notably Michel, Alberte, and Edwige.

Charles is a disillusioned student living in Paris, detached from society and wrestling with a growing sense of alienation. The people around him, including his girlfriend and other friends, struggle to understand his inner turmoil. He finds little inspiration from left-wing politics or religion, nor from the work of his environmental activist friend, Michel. There is a void in his intimate life, not only with Alberte but in casual encounters as well. Psychoanalysis fails to repair his nihilistic outlook. He increasingly watches the world with unease and horror, and expresses a profound dissatisfaction with it.

He becomes more fixated on the idea of suicide. During a bus conversation, a passenger asks:

Who made this mockery of humanity? Who’s leading us by the nose?

The devil probably.

Finally, Charles makes an arrangement with his drug-addicted friend Valentin to end his life with a handgun.

The film thus traces how a young man’s disaffection blossoms into a fatal plan, seen through multiple perspectives and a mood that blends detachment with a quiet sense of dread. The closing scenes invite viewers to reflect on the fragility of meaning in a world that can feel indifferent, and on how personal despair can intersect with choices that alter lives.

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