Directed by:
Jean VigoScreenplay:
Jean VigoCinematography:
Boris KaufmanComposer:
Maurice JaubertVOD (1)
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In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day. (SPI International)
Reviews (2)
These French coming-of-age movies have always had their charm. It would certainly be in bad taste to compare Jean's struggles with those of Nicholas, but the poetics are unfortunately identical. Little Nicolas was certainly not an anarchist, but his class had a number of similar aberrations.
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A film that earned its fame mainly in the 1950s, but definitely has a universal message that speaks to young people even today. Authority makes sense, but only if it's not absurd. Vigo succeeds in this in a great atmosphere of mild weirdness that can charm you. Or you will just watch it with incomprehension.
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