Bed & Board 4K 1970

Truffaut's separation from Antoine Doinel was not long. Two years after Stolen Kisses, he returned to his beloved hero and continued to observe the life of the Parisian infant. After a brief romance with Madame Tabard, Duanel returns to Christine, they marry, and have a son. To support his family, the young father takes a job at a flower shop, where his main responsibility is to touch up the flowers every day...

Through this strange action, mimicking the image, Truffaut hints at the falseness or, at least, the illusory nature of Antoine's well-being. His inability to hold down a job for long leads to another scandal, and now we see Antoine managing micro models of ships at a construction company.

Here he meets a Japanese woman named Kiyoko, and the eternal boy-husband begins a new, now “international” love affair. The situation of eternal ‘limbo’ in the relationship between his wife and mistress and his inability to choose between them, demanding more love from himself than he is capable of giving in return, leads to a breakup with yet another passion. This becomes a reason for Antoine to return home.

This subtle psychological comedy, which tells not only about the intimate life of the main character, but also about the customs prevailing in the society surrounding Antoine, reveals its kinship with the classic films of Jean Renoir and René Clair, with the specific humor of Tati and Le Chanois. This is particularly evident in the scenes depicting the atmosphere of a small Parisian courtyard, with its almost communal microclimate, which shapes the worldview and lifestyle of the characters.

Despite the obvious artistic license, it can be said that in the ‘Chronicles of Antoine Doinel’, François Truffaut proved himself to be one of the most accurate chroniclers of Parisian life in the third quarter of the 20th century.