Zéro de conduite
Zéro de conduite : Jeunes diables au collège
France • 1933
Director
Synopsis
So effervescent and charming that one can easily forget its importance in film history, Jean Vigo’s enormously influential portrait of prankish boarding-school students is one of cinema’s great acts of rebellion. Based on the director’s own experiences as a youth, ZÉRO DE CONDUITE presents childhood as a time of unfettered imagination and brazen rule-flouting. It’s a sweet-natured vision of sabotage made vivid by dynamic visual experiments—including the famous, blissful slow-motion pillow fight.
Synopsis
So effervescent and charming that one can easily forget its importance in film history, Jean Vigo’s enormously influential portrait of prankish boarding-school students is one of cinema’s great acts of rebellion. Based on the director’s own experiences as a youth, ZÉRO DE CONDUITE presents childhood as a time of unfettered imagination and brazen rule-flouting. It’s a sweet-natured vision of sabotage made vivid by dynamic visual experiments—including the famous, blissful slow-motion pillow fight.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorJean Vigo
WriterJean Vigo
CinematographerBoris Kaufman
ComposerMaurice Jaubert
EditorJean Vigo
ProducerJean Vigo
Cast
Jean Dastéas Supervisor Huguet
Robert le Flonas Supervisor Pète-Sec
Du Verronas General Supervisor Bec-de-Gaz
Delphinas Principal