Louis Seigner

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

A newcomer to a rigid Catholic school for boys finds himself surprisingly in an institution rife with sexual tension. In this celibate world, Georges is shocked to discover that the classmate who first befriended him is having a love affair with another boy. At first repelled, Georges eventually meets the young Alexandre who immediately changes his tune about the formation of a special friendship.

L'Eclisse was the final film in Antonioni's informal trilogy on contemporary malaise (following L'Avventuraand La Notte), a series of films that redefined the concept of narrative cinema.