Bed and Board

Bed and Board (1970)

Domicile conjugal

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

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.

Date of release
1970-09-09
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (319)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
François Truffaut

Casting

  • Jean-Pierre Léaud — Antoine Doinel
  • Claude Jade — Christine Doinel
  • Daniel Ceccaldi — Lucien Darbon
  • Claire Duhamel — Madame Darbon
  • Hiroko Matsumoto — Kyoko
  • Daniel Boulanger — Le Voisin Ténor
  • Silvana Blasi — Silvana, la Femme du Ténor
  • Barbara Laage — Monique, la Secrétaire
  • Claude Véga — Le Pseudo Étrangleur
  • Danièle Girard — Ginette, la Serveuse
  • Philippe Léotard — L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
  • François Truffaut — Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)

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