Le Signe du lion (The Sign of Leo) is a French film directed by Éric Rohmer, his feature debut; although filmed in the summer of 1959, it was first released in France in May 1962. Along with Le Beau Serge, directed by Claude Chabrol (who produced The Sign of Leo), it was one of the first films of the French New Wave. The title refers to the Zodiac sign Leo, under which the protagonist says he was born. Much of the film's plot is concerned with notions of luck and fate.