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Small Change, originally titled L'argent de poche, is a 1976 French comedy-drama film directed by François Truffaut. Truffaut also produced the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Suzanne Schiffman. The cast includes Jean-François Stévenin and Virginie Thévenet. The production was handled by Les Productions Artistes Associés and Les Films du Carrosse.
The film has a runtime of 104 minutes and was released on March 17, 1976. It was filmed in Thiers and features music by composer Maurice Jaubert. Pierre-William Glenn served as the director of photography, with Yann Dedet as the film editor and Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko as the production designer. The movie explores themes such as puberty, child abuse, holidays, difficult childhoods, and community.
Small Change has received ratings of 7.3 out of 10, 90 percent, and 7.6. It was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film and received an award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. The film is rated PG and is distributed by United Artists and Netflix, with availability on Amazon Prime Video.
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7.1The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physically abused, poverty stricken friend, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges most their age experience.
Cast
- Jean-François Stévenin as Jean-François Richet, the Schoolteacher
- Virginie Thévenet as Lydie Richet
- Chantal Mercier as Chantal Petit, the Schoolteacher
- Tania Torrens as Nadine Riffle, hairdresser, Laurent's mother
- Nicole Félix as Grégory's mother
- Philippe Goldman as Julien Leclou
Themes
- puberty
- child abuse
- holiday
- difficult childhood
- community
- teacher
- teenage crush
- school
- children's rights
- childhood
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
6,773 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Screenwriter
- Suzanne Schiffman
- Composer
- Maurice Jaubert
- Producer
- François Truffaut
- Cinematographer
- Pierre-William Glenn
- Filming location
- Thiers
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 540662
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1976-03-17
- film editor
- Yann Dedet
- title
- L'argent de poche
- production designer
- Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 90%
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