Bed and Board (1970 film)
| Bed and Board | |
|---|---|
 original film poster | |
| Directed by | François Truffaut |
| Produced by |
François Truffaut Marcel Berbert |
| Written by |
François Truffaut Claude de Givray Bernard Revon |
| Starring |
Jean-Pierre Léaud Claude Jade Hiroko Berghauer Daniel Ceccaldi Claire Duhamel |
| Music by | Antoine Duhamel |
| Cinematography | Nestor Almendros |
| Edited by | Agnés Guillemot |
Production company |
Les Films du Carrosse Valoria Films Fida Cinematografica |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
9 September 1970 (France) 21 January 1971 (NYC, USA) 8 July 1971 (UK) |
Running time | 100 min |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 1,010,797 admissions (France)[1] |
Bed and Board (French: Domicile Conjugal) is a 1970 French film directed by François Truffaut. It is the fourth in Truffaut's series of five films about Antoine Doinel, and directly follows Stolen Kisses, showing the married life of Antoine (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and Christine (Claude Jade). The last in the series is Love on the Run.
Synopsis
The fourth installment in François Truffaut’s chronicle of the ardent, anachronistic Antoine Doinel, Bed and Board plunges his hapless creation once again into crisis. Expecting his first child and still struggling to find steady employment, Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) involves himself in a relationship with a beautiful Japanese woman that threatens to destroy his marriage. Lightly comic, with a touch of the burlesque, Bed and Board is a bittersweet look at the travails of young married life and the fine line between adolescence and adulthood.
Cast
- Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel
- Claude Jade as Christine Doinel
- Daniel Ceccaldi as Lucien Darbon
- Claire Duhamel as Madame Darbon
- Hiroko Berghauer as Kyoko
- Daniel Boulanger as Tenor
- Silvana Blasi as Tenor's wife
- Pierre Fabri as the office Romeo
- Barbara Laage as Monique, secretary
- Billy Kearns as M. Max
- Claude Véga as the Strangler
- Jacques Jouanneau as Césarin
- Danièle Girard as Ginette, a waitress
- Jacques Robiolles as Sponger
- Yvon Lec as the Traffic Warden
- Marie Irakane as Mrs Martin, a concierage
- Ernest Menzer as the little man
- Jacques Rispal as Old Solitary
- Philippe Léotard as a Drunkard
- Pierre Maguelon as Cérasin's friend
- Guy Pierrault as an SOS employee
- Marcel Mercier as a person in the courtyard
- Joseph Merieau as a person in the courtyard
- Christian de Tiliere as a Senator
- Nobuko Mati as Kyoko's friend
- Iska Khan as Kyoko's father
- Jacques Cottin as Monsieur Hulot (uncredited)[2]
Notes
The film contains humorous references to "Last Year at Marienbad," Jacques Tati and the previous film in this series, "Stolen Kisses."
References
- ↑ Box Office information for Francois Truffaut films at Box Office Story
- ↑ Allen, Don. Finally Truffaut. New York: Beaufort Books. 1985. ISBN 978-0-8253-0335-7. pp. 231-232.
External links
- Bed and Board at the Internet Movie Database
- Bed and Board at AllMovie
- Criterion Collection essay by Noah Baumbach