Bed and Board

Bed and Board

1970 · 97 min · FR · PG · 7.1 (319 votes)
Dir. François Truffaut · Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Daniel Ceccaldi, Claire Duhamel, Hiroko Matsumoto, Daniel Boulanger · Music Antoine Duhamel · The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Collection

“First Truffaut gave us The 400 Blows. Then Stolen Kisses... and now Bed and Board.”

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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.

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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.

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