Bed and Board
Also known as Domicile conjugal
1970 film by François Truffaut
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7.1Parisian 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.
Released: 1970-09-0997 minDir: François TruffautComedy, Drama, RomancePart of: The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Collection
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Cast
- Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel
- Claude Jade as Christine Doinel
- Daniel Ceccaldi as Lucien Darbon
- Claire Duhamel as Madame Darbon
- Hiroko Matsumoto as Kyoko
- Daniel Boulanger
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Bed and Board (French: Domicile conjugal, lit. 'Marital Home') is a 1970 romantic comedy-drama film co-written and 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 (1968), depicting the married life of Antoine (Léaud) and Christine (Jade). Love on the Run concluded the story in 1979.
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