Bed and Board

Director: François Truffaut, François Truffaut, François Truffaut, François Truffaut

1970 / 97min / 35mm

Having taken the vows with Christine (Claude Jade), his long-time on-and-off love (and now the mother of his child), Léaud’s would-be bourgeoisie Antoine Doinel still suffers from a wandering eye, alighting this time on an enthralling Japanese woman (Hiroko Berghauer). The fourth Doinel film gives us more of the romantic fumblings and stints at genuinely odd jobs (dyeing carnations and demonstrating model boats) that one expects of the cycle, as well as a motley ensemble of eccentric bit players who might have stepped out of a French film of the 1930s. “One of the most decent and loving films I can remember.”—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times