Bed and Board

Sep 9, 1970

1h 37m

★ 7.1

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Valoria Films

Fida Cinematografica

Les Films du Carrosse

Bed and Board Trailers

Cast

Antoine Doinel

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Christine Doinel

Claude Jade

Lucien Darbon

Daniel Ceccaldi

Madame Darbon

Claire Duhamel

Kyoko

Hiroko Berghauer

Le Voisin Ténor

Daniel Boulanger

Silvana, la Femme du Ténor

Silvana Blasi

Monique, la Secrétaire

Barbara Laage

Le Pseudo Étrangleur

Claude Véga

Ginette, la Serveuse

Danièle Girard

L'homme Ivre (uncredited)

Philippe Léotard

Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)

François Truffaut

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