Domicile Conjugal
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel, 26, marries Christine Darbon who now makes her living teaching violin. He is all excited at the idea of being a father to little Alphonse. Inadvertently hired by an American company, he starts having an affair with his Japanese co-worker, Kyoko.
With : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Daniel Ceccaldi, Claire Duhamel, Hiroko Berghauer
Screenplay : François Truffaut, Claude de Givray, Bernard Revon
Image : Nestor Almendros
Sound : René Levert
Music : Antoine Duhamel
Editing : Agnès Guillemot
Screenplay : François Truffaut, Claude de Givray, Bernard Revon
Image : Nestor Almendros
Sound : René Levert
Music : Antoine Duhamel
Editing : Agnès Guillemot
Production : Les Films du Carrosse, Valoria Films (Paris), Fida Cinematografica (Rome)
Distribution: MK2
Distribution: MK2
Following the success of Stolen Kisses, François Truffaut continues his cinematographic collaborations (co-writers, actors) on the Doinel series, expanding on a style inspired by daily situations and anecdotes. "Truffaut takes on Bed and Board at Henri Langlois's urging, who told him after a screening of Stolen Kisses that he would love to see the couple get married and settle down." (Carole Le Berre) "Bed and Board, an overtly burlesque film, is also, according to Truffaut, a "settling of scores" as the filmmaker wants to be done with Antoine Doinel. Truffaut made this decision in order to "liberate" Léaud from Doinel "because it could become a hindrance to his career", and also because he feels he has exhausted the character." (A. de Baecque and S. Toubiana). "I wrote Bed and Board as a response to The Soft Skin. I told myself: "I'm going to remake that film, only this time showing all it all with laughter instead of tension." (F. Truffaut)