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Bed and Board

Bed and Board

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

19707.11h 37m

Overview

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.

Directed by François Truffaut
Written by Bernard Revon, François Truffaut, Claude de Givray
Produced by Marcel Berbert, François Truffaut, André Mucchielli
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Top Cast

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Antoine Doinel

Claude Jade

Claude Jade

Christine Doinel

Daniel Ceccaldi

Daniel Ceccaldi

Lucien Darbon

Claire Duhamel

Claire Duhamel

Madame Darbon

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Hiroko Matsumoto

Kyoko

Daniel Boulanger

Daniel Boulanger

Le Voisin Ténor

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Silvana Blasi

Silvana, la Femme du Ténor

Barbara Laage

Barbara Laage

Monique, la Secrétaire

Claude Véga

Claude Véga

Le Pseudo Étrangleur

Danièle Girard

Danièle Girard

Ginette, la Serveuse

Themes & Keywords

adulteryinfidelityparis, franceexpensive restaurantmarriage crisisjob-hoppingbrothel1970sviolinmusic teachermarried coupleroutineneglect of one's spousefetishlife planningpregnancyrelationshipdivorceextramarital affair

About Bed and Board

Bed and Board is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1970 exploring themes of adultery, infidelity, paris, france, expensive restaurant, marriage crisis, job-hopping. Directed by François Truffaut, it stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Daniel Ceccaldi. 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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