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Bed and Board (1970 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Bed and Board' is a 1970 French comedy-drama film directed by Franois Truffaut, and starring Jean-Pierre Laud and Claude Jade. It is the fourth in Truffaut's series of five films about Antoine Doinel, and directly follows 'Stolen Kisses', depicting the married life of Antoine (Laud) and Christine (Jade). 'Love on the Run' finished the story in 1979.
Plot
Antoine and Christine have got married and are living in a pleasant apartment that her parents have found for them. In it she gives violin lessons, while he works in the courtyard dyeing carnations for flower shops. When his experiments with colouring agents go horribly wrong, he has to find other work. An American company hires him to demonstrate model boats to potential customers in a mock-up harbour. Christine has a baby boy, which she calls Ghislain but he registers as Alphonse. At work he meets a Japanese girl, who asks him for a meal in her apartment. An affair starts, which Christine becomes aware of when she finds little hidden love letters. Antoine is banished from the bedroom and eventually moves out to a hotel, while Christine makes a life for herself and the baby. Antoine, bored and restless in a pointless existence, keeps telephoning her and at the end she is probably ready to take him back.
Cast
* Jean-Pierre Laud as Antoine Doinel
* Claude Jade as Christine Doinel
* Daniel Ceccaldi as Lucien Darbon
* Claire Duhamel as Madame Darbon
* Hiroko Berghauer as Kyoko
* Daniel Boulanger as Tenor
* Silvana Blasi as Tenor's wife
* Pierre Fabri as the office Romeo
* Barbara Laage as Monique, secretary
* Billy Kearns as M. Max
* Claude Vga as the Strangler
* Jacques Jouanneau as Csarin
* Danile Girard as Ginette, a waitress
* Jacques Robiolles as Sponger
* Yvon Lec as the Traffic Warden
* Marie Irakane as Mrs Martin, a concierge
* Ernest Menzer as the little man
* Jacques Rispal as Old Solitary
* Philippe Lotard as a Drunkard
* Pierre Maguelon as Crasin's friend
* Guy Pierrault as an SOS employee
* Marcel Mercier as a person in the courtyard
* Joseph Merieau as a person in the courtyard
* Christian de Tiliere as a Senator
* Nobuko Mati as Kyoko's friend
* Iska Khan as Kyoko's father
* Marie Dedieu as Marie, a prostitute
* Jacques Cottin as Monsieur Hulot (uncredited)Allen, Don. 'Finally Truffaut'. New York: Beaufort Books. 1985. . pp. 231-232.
Critical reception
John Simon wrote that 'Bed and Board' "gives no offense, and no enlightenment".
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References
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