Bed and Board

Bed and Board 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. Plot Antoine and Christine have gotten 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 invites 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. Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel Claude Jade as Christine Doinel Daniel Ceccaldi as Lucien Darbon Claire Duhamel as Madame Darbon Hiroko Berghauer as Kyoko Daniel Boulanger as Tenor Silvana Blasi as Tenor's wife Pierre Fabri as the office Romeo Barbara Laage as Monique, secretary Billy Kearns as M. Max Claude Véga as the Strangler Jacques Jouanneau as Césarin Danièle Girard as Ginette, a waitress Jacques Robiolles as Sponger Yvon Lec as the Traffic Warden Marie Irakane as Mrs Martin, a concierge Ernest Menzer as the little man Jacques Rispal as Old Solitary Philippe Léotard as a Drunkard Pierre Maguelon as Cérasin's friend Guy Pierrault as an SOS employee Marcel Mercier as a person in the courtyard Joseph Merieau as a person in the courtyard Christian de Tiliere as a Senator Nobuko Mati as Kyoko's friend Iska Khan as Kyoko's father Marie Dedieu as Marie, a prostitute Jacques Cottin as Monsieur Hulot (uncredited) Release