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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 608 1970s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
The 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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
167 audience votes
Key crew
- Suzanne SchiffmanScreenplay
- Maurice JaubertOriginal Music Composer
- François TruffautScreenplay
- François TruffautDirector
Cast
- Jean-François StéveninJean-François Richet, the Schoolteacher
- Virginie ThévenetLydie Richet
- Chantal MercierChantal Petit, the Schoolteacher
- Tania TorrensNadine Riffle, hairdresser, Laurent's mother
- Nicole FélixGrégory's mother
- Philippe GoldmanJulien Leclou
- Bruno de StabenrathBruno Rouillard
- Georges DesmouceauxPatrick Desmouceaux
- René BarneriasMonsieur Desmouceaux, Patrick's father
- Francis DevlaeminckMonsieur Riffle, hairdresser, Laurent's father
- Laurent DevlaeminckLaurent Riffle
- Marcel BerbertSchool Principal
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Themes
pubertychild abuseholidaydifficult childhoodcommunityteacherteenage crushschoolchildren's rightschildhoodvignettemischievous children
The Best Movies of 1976
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