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71% Critic Match
Bed and Board
“First Truffaut gave us The 400 Blows. Then Stolen Kisses... and now Bed and Board.”
7.1 / 10• 1970• 1h 37m•PG• French
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Antoine Doinel
Lead
Claude Jade
Christine Doinel
Daniel Ceccaldi
Lucien Darbon
CD
Claire Duhamel
Madame Darbon
HM
Hiroko Matsumoto
Kyoko
Daniel Boulanger
Le Voisin Ténor
SB
Silvana Blasi
Silvana, la Femme du Ténor
Barbara Laage
Monique, la Secrétaire
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. François Truffaut's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bed and Board is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
