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{{Short description|1970 film}}
'''Bed & Board''' is [[lodging]] with [[food]].
{{About|a French film|lodging|Bed and breakfast}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bed and Board
| image = Domicile_conjugal.jpg
| caption = original film poster
| director = [[François Truffaut]]
| producer = François Truffaut<br>Marcel Berbert
| screenplay = François Truffaut<br>[[Claude de Givray]]<br>Bernard Revon
| based_on = [[Antoine Doinel|Characters]] <br> by François Truffaut <br> Marcel Moussy
| starring = [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]]<br>[[Claude Jade]]<br>[[Hiroko Berghauer]]<br>[[Daniel Ceccaldi]]<br>[[Claire Duhamel]]
| music = [[Antoine Duhamel]]
| cinematography = [[Nestor Almendros]]
| editing = Agnés Guillemot
| studio = Les Films du Carrosse<br>Valoria Films<br>Fida Cinematografica
| distributor = Valoria Films (France)<br>Fida Cinematografica (Italy)
| released = {{film date|1970|9|9|df=y}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = France <br> Italy
| language = French
| budget =
| gross = 1,010,797 admissions (France)<ref>[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-francois-truffaut-c25718972&usg=ALkJrhiA0vtcY2z6GoKzSP57g_NZe1-m-Q Box Office information for Francois Truffaut films] at Box Office Story</ref>
}}


'''''Bed and Board''''' ({{lang-fr|'''Domicile conjugal'''}}) is a 1970 French [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[François Truffaut]], and starring [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]] 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 (Léaud) and Christine (Jade). ''[[Love on the Run (1979 film)|Love on the Run]]'' finished the story in 1979.
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==Plot==
'''''Bed & Board''''' is a French film by [[François Truffaut]], [[1970]]
Antoine and Christine have gotten 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. He learns that an American company is hiring and, despite speaking very little English, Antoine applies for the job. His opponent is a much more qualified candidate with a letter of recommendation that proves it. However, the company's owner ends up believing the letter refers to Antoine, and hires him. The secretary tries to fix this mistake but is ignored.


Antoine's new job is to demonstrate model boats to potential customers in a mock-up harbour. Christine has a baby boy, which she calls Ghislain but Antoine registers him as Alphonse, preferring that name. Despite initially hating that name (believing it sounds too "provincial") and swearing to change it back, Christine eventually ends up calling the baby Alphonse.
Starring: [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]], [[Claude Jade]], [[Daniel Ceccaldi]], [[Claire Duhamel]], [[Hiroko Berghauer]]


At work, Antoine meets a Japanese woman named Kyoko and is smitten with her. One day, she sees her playing alone with the boats and accidentally dropping her bracelet in the supposedly fragile mock-up harbour. Fearing repercussions and unable to save the bracelet, she mentions nothing of the incident to anyone and leaves. Antoine later recovers the bracelet and goes to her apartment. Kyoko is moved by this gesture, and the two start having an affair. Not knowing he is married, she falls madly in love with Antoine and sends him a bouquet of flowers with love notes hidden in their petals. Antoine tries to get rid of the flowers, but they get eventually found by Christine. He passes them off as a gift to Christine, who gladly puts them in a vase. However, she finds out about the affair when the flowers bloom and Kyoko's notes fall off the petals.
''Bed and Board'' follows the couple &mdash; now married &mdash; from ''[[Stolen Kisses]]'', Antoine ([[Jean-Pierre Léaud]]) and Christine ([[Claude Jade]]).


Antoine is banished from the bedroom by a furious Christine and eventually moves out to a hotel, while his wife makes a life for herself and the baby. However, Antoine keeps communicating with Christine, who is still worried about his well-being. Antoine starts to fall out of love with Kyoko, who does not seem to notice how miserable he feels. Unable to be with Christine either, Antoine decides to have sex with a prostitute. After this, he sees Christine's dad in the brothel. The latter remains unashamed, seeing this as a normal part of a married man's life. Kyoko eventually leaves Antoine, seeing that she cannot maintain his attention anymore.
== See Also ==
*[[Cinema of France]]
*[[List of French language films]]


One year later, Antoine and Christine are back together, raising Alphonse in their apartment. Their neighbors, an older married couple, think that Antoine and Christine are now finally, truly in love with each other.


==Cast==
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* [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]] 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 Véga]] as the Strangler
* [[Jacques Jouanneau]] as Césarin
* Danièle 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 Léotard]] as a Drunkard
* [[Pierre Maguelon]] as Cérasin'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
* [[:fr:Marie Dedieu|Marie Dedieu]] as Marie, a prostitute
* [[Jacques Cottin]] as [[Monsieur Hulot]] (uncredited)<ref>Allen, Don. ''Finally Truffaut''. New York: Beaufort Books. 1985. {{ISBN|978-0-8253-0335-7}}. pp. 231-232.</ref>

==Release==
===Critical reception===
[[John Simon (critic)|John Simon]] wrote that ''Bed and Board'' "gives no offense, and no enlightenment".<ref>{{cite book |last=Simon |first=John |author-link=John Simon (critic) |title=John Simon: Something to Declare Twelve Years Of Films From Abroad |publisher=Clarkson N. Potter Inc.|year=1983 |page=34}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="25%"| Award ceremony
! width="40%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| 1971
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1971|NBR Awards]]
| Top Foreign Language Films
| ''Bed and Board''
| {{won}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0065651}}
* {{AllMovie title|84651}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=68319}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|bed_and_board}}
* [http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/264 ''Bed and Board''] an essay by [[Noah Baumbach]] at the [[Criterion Collection]]

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Latest revision as of 19:13, 20 July 2024

This article is about a French film. For lodging, see Bed and breakfast.
Bed and Board
original film poster
Directed byFrançois Truffaut
Screenplay byFrançois Truffaut
Claude de Givray
Bernard Revon
Based onCharacters
by François Truffaut
Marcel Moussy
Produced byFrançois Truffaut
Marcel Berbert
StarringJean-Pierre Léaud
Claude Jade
Hiroko Berghauer
Daniel Ceccaldi
Claire Duhamel
CinematographyNestor Almendros
Edited byAgnés Guillemot
Music byAntoine Duhamel
Production
companies
Les Films du Carrosse
Valoria Films
Fida Cinematografica
Distributed byValoria Films (France)
Fida Cinematografica (Italy)
Release date
  • 9 September 1970 (1970-09-09)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office1,010,797 admissions (France)[1]

Bed and Board (French: Domicile conjugal) is a 1970 French comedy-drama film directed by François Truffaut, and starring Jean-Pierre Léaud 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 (Léaud) and Christine (Jade). Love on the Run finished the story in 1979.

Plot

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Antoine and Christine have gotten 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. He learns that an American company is hiring and, despite speaking very little English, Antoine applies for the job. His opponent is a much more qualified candidate with a letter of recommendation that proves it. However, the company's owner ends up believing the letter refers to Antoine, and hires him. The secretary tries to fix this mistake but is ignored.

Antoine's new job is to demonstrate model boats to potential customers in a mock-up harbour. Christine has a baby boy, which she calls Ghislain but Antoine registers him as Alphonse, preferring that name. Despite initially hating that name (believing it sounds too "provincial") and swearing to change it back, Christine eventually ends up calling the baby Alphonse.

At work, Antoine meets a Japanese woman named Kyoko and is smitten with her. One day, she sees her playing alone with the boats and accidentally dropping her bracelet in the supposedly fragile mock-up harbour. Fearing repercussions and unable to save the bracelet, she mentions nothing of the incident to anyone and leaves. Antoine later recovers the bracelet and goes to her apartment. Kyoko is moved by this gesture, and the two start having an affair. Not knowing he is married, she falls madly in love with Antoine and sends him a bouquet of flowers with love notes hidden in their petals. Antoine tries to get rid of the flowers, but they get eventually found by Christine. He passes them off as a gift to Christine, who gladly puts them in a vase. However, she finds out about the affair when the flowers bloom and Kyoko's notes fall off the petals.

Antoine is banished from the bedroom by a furious Christine and eventually moves out to a hotel, while his wife makes a life for herself and the baby. However, Antoine keeps communicating with Christine, who is still worried about his well-being. Antoine starts to fall out of love with Kyoko, who does not seem to notice how miserable he feels. Unable to be with Christine either, Antoine decides to have sex with a prostitute. After this, he sees Christine's dad in the brothel. The latter remains unashamed, seeing this as a normal part of a married man's life. Kyoko eventually leaves Antoine, seeing that she cannot maintain his attention anymore.

One year later, Antoine and Christine are back together, raising Alphonse in their apartment. Their neighbors, an older married couple, think that Antoine and Christine are now finally, truly in love with each other.

Cast

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Release

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Critical reception

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John Simon wrote that Bed and Board "gives no offense, and no enlightenment".[3]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award ceremony Category Nominee Result
1971 NBR Awards Top Foreign Language Films Bed and Board Won

References

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  1. ^ Box Office information for Francois Truffaut films at Box Office Story
  2. ^ Allen, Don. Finally Truffaut. New York: Beaufort Books. 1985. ISBN 978-0-8253-0335-7. pp. 231-232.
  3. ^ Simon, John (1983). John Simon: Something to Declare Twelve Years Of Films From Abroad. Clarkson N. Potter Inc. p. 34.
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