Question 3   1.        World War II In the film Lacombe, Lucien, directed by Louis Malle, the theme of conflicts between individuals and the war is discussed. The main character, Lacombe’s experience, reflects a lot about the history of that period. This film also relates to Louis Malle’s personal experience in his early stage. He witnessed a Gestapo brought his friends and teachers to the concentration camp.   2.        Love, marriage, freedom, lust, self-discovery, and liberate In the 1958 film The Lovers by Louis Malle, a story of a woman who discovered love again after adultery is told. This film shows the complex inner world of females. The husband of the woman in the film ignored what she needed because of the work in a newspaper publishing house. She decided to leave with a young archeologist, Bernard, to chase the love. It also shows the fight people have against the traditional marriage system.   Question 5 When Louis Malle was in a Catholic boarding school near Fontainebleau as an 11-year-old boy, he witnessed a Gestapo bring three Jewish students, including his close friend, and a Jewish teacher were rounded up and brought to Auschwitz. One of the most famous films in his early career stage is called Lacombe, Lucien, which is a film about the World War II. In the film,  a young French man, Lacombe Lucien, wanted to join the resistance group but got rejected because of his age. He was then disappointed about the group and joined a group that worked with the Nazis. However, he met a Jewish girl, and he felt like he fell in love with the girl. The girl’s family tried to duck around because they were Jewish. Lacombe started to feel the conflict in his mind between keeping helping the Nazis and his own morality. This film has a relation with his personal experience when he was young, looking at the Gestapos who brought his teachers and friends to the concentration camp. This triggered his thoughts on Jewish, Nazis, WWII, and individuals in this global war. This film shows the complexity of people in the war, the conflict between personal choices and national interest, and between external forces and morality. All this thinking originated from Louis Malle’s experience at an early age.   Reference "Lacombe, Lucien." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Oct. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacombe,_Lucien. Accessed 16 Oct. 2024.     https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lacombe-lucien-1974#:~:text=His%20%E2%80%9CLucien%E2%80%9D%20is%20a%20case,are%20clearly%20going%20to%20lose.   "The Lovers." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Aug. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lovers_(1958_film). Accessed 18 Oct. 2024.