Bed and Board
“First Truffaut gave us The 400 Blows. Then Stolen Kisses... and now Bed and Board.”
ComedyDramaRomance
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.
VIBE
A tender, yet melancholic look at the quiet erosion of a marriage. It feels like a lived-in, slightly worn armchair, full of quiet observations on love, routine, and the unexpected turns life takes.
wrymelancholicintimatewistfulsteadyFrench New Waveslice-of-lifecharacter-drivennaturalisticmarriageinfidelityroutinedomesticity
adulteryinfidelityparisfranceexpensive restaurantmarriage crisisjob-hoppingbrothel1970sviolinmusic teachermarried coupleroutineneglect of one's spousefetishlife planningpregnancyrelationship
