Bed and Board (1970 film)

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.

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

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.

Jacques Cottin

Jacques Cottin was a French costume designer whose films included Jour de fête (1949), Mon oncle (1958), and Playtime (1967), for Jacques Tati. He had a cameo in Bed and Board, playing the character of Monsieur Hulot (made famous by Tati) in the scene of Antoine waiting in a train station.

Cast

Awards and nominations
Year Award ceremony Category Nominee Result
1972 NBR Awards Top Foreign Language Films Bed and Board Won

References
  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.


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