#518 - The Devil, Probably

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#518 - The Devil, Probably

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Apr 23, 2024

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Less than a decade after the revolutionary potential of the May 1968 protests, Robert Bresson's THE DEVIL, PROBABLY (1977) follows a disaffected youth in a world full of evil who asks: Is life worth living? It's a hard question, but we do our best to answer it.

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