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...Board (Domicile Conjugal), this director's latest work, is the final episode in his remarkable cycle of films utilizing his autobiographical persona, Antoine Doinel. As in the previous segments of this informal series ( The 400 Blon's, Love at Twenty, and Stolen Kisses ), the hero is played by Jean-Pierre Leaud and his dilemma has to do with the conflict between his grandest visions of romance and the dulling routine that is in reality his existence. With variations. Antoine's problem is shared by the heroes of most of Truffaut's non-Doinel films as well- but nowhere...
...able to keep. All the territory one might expect to find in a film about the first year of a marriage is here: the trivial spats, the role conflicts, the discussions about toothpaste, the birth of the first child, the first extra-marital affair. But as one expects, Antoine Doinel does not accept this rigmarole as an unquestionable natural order. He fights hard to break up the monotony until there is nothing left to do but give himself up to the dailiness of life...
...alter ego of Director François Truffaut, the character called Antoine Doinel made his first appearance eleven years ago in The 400 Blows as a lonely, desperate adolescent. Then came Love at Twenty and Stolen Kisses, in which the youth edged toward maturity. Now Antoine-who has been portrayed throughout by the remarkable Jean-Pierre Léaud-and Christine, played by Claude Jade, are ready for conjugal love. Truffaut begins the funny, futile years of their marriage (and ends the autobiographical series) with Bed and Board...
Manic Pixilation. In the early stages of Bed and Board, the marriage is deftly presented as an even mixture of affection, innocence and Gallic eccentricity. Antoine and Christine play games at bedtime; Antoine manages to land then lose a succession of unlikely jobs; Christine bears their first child. But Doinel, the eternal mooncalf, is lured away by a Japanese girl. He moves in with the Oriental, who speaks no French and proceeds by slow inches to drive her new lover crazy with boredom. Antoine then woos Christine anew, discussing his general dissatisfaction and lassitude. Long-suffering but still loving...
...unsuspecting victim of the machinations of some willful force. This force takes on a humorous cast when we see him tumble into bed with various scheming females. The almost careless and carefree use of the camera in Stolen Kisses is intentional and underlines the unpredictable life-style of Antoine Doinel (Leaud...