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Bed and Board (1970)

Bed and Board (1970)

Drama Comedy Romance

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

Release Date: 1970, September 9
Directors: François Truffaut
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Valoria Films, Fida Cinematografica, Les Films du Carrosse
Cast: Jacques Rispal, Philippe Léotard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Iska Khan, Billy Kearns, Helen Scott, Pierre Maguelon, Anik Belaubre, Claude Jade, Daniel Ceccaldi, Jacques Jouanneau, Guy Piérauld

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.

Keywords:

adultery pregnancy infidelity paris, france married couple 1970s music teacher marriage crisis relationship expensive restaurant divorce brothel extramarital affair fetish routine job-hopping life planning violin neglect of one's spouse