Bed & Board
– Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have..
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.
09 Sep 1970
French
François Truffaut
François Truffaut (scenario and dialogue), Claude de Givray (scenario and dialogue), Bernard Revon (scenario and dialogue)
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko Berghauer, Barbara Laage
Some time after "Baisers Volés", Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and Christine Darbon (Claude Jade) are married and Antoine works dying flowers, and Christine is pregnant and gives private classes of violin. When Christine is near to have a baby, Antoine decides to find a new job, and he succeeds due to a misunderstanding of his employer. In a business meeting, he meets the Japanese Kyoko (Mademoiselle Hiroko) and they have an affair. When Christine accidentally discovers that Antoine has a lover, they separate. But later they miss each other and realize that they do love each other.
1 win.
Criterion Collection