Bed and Board
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Bed and Board (1970)

09/09/1970
Comedy, Drama, Romance
1h 37m

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

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.

  • François TruffautDirector, Screenplay
  • Claude de GivrayScreenplay
  • Bernard RevonScreenplay
  • Original Title

    Domicile conjugal

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

Keywords

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

Top Billed 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

Hiroko Berghauer

Kyoko

Daniel Boulanger

Daniel Boulanger

Le Voisin Ténor

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

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