Zero for Conduct (1933)
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Jean Dasté
Supervisor Huguet
Robert le Flon
Supervisor Pète-Sec
Du Verron
General Supervisor Bec-de-Gaz
Delphin
Principal of the College
Léon Larive
Professor
Delphin
Principal du Collège
Madame Émile
Mother Haricot
Louis de Gonzague
Prefect
Raphaël Diligent
Firefighter
Louis Lefebvre
Caussat
Gilbert Pruchon
Colin
Constantin Goldstein-Kehler
Bruel
Gérard de Bédarieux
Tabard
Jean Vigo
Director / Writer / Producer / Editor
Jacques-Louis Nounez
Executive Producer
Maurice Jaubert
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 7, 1933
Original NameZéro de conduite : Jeunes diables au collège
StatusReleased
Running Time49m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Zero for Conduct (French: Zéro de conduite) is a 1933 French featurette directed by Jean Vigo. It was first shown on 7 April 1933 and was subsequently banned in France until November 1945.
The film draws extensively on Vigo's boarding school experiences to depict a repressive and bureaucratised educational establishment in which surreal acts of rebellion occur, reflecting Vigo's anarchist view of childhood. The title refers to a mark the boys would get which prevented them from going out on Sundays.
Though the film was not an immediate success with audiences, it has proven to be enduringly influential. François Truffaut paid homage to Zero for Conduct in his film The 400 Blows (1959). The anarchic classroom and recess scenes in Truffaut's film borrow from Vigo's film, as does a classic scene in which a mischievous group of schoolboys are led through the streets by one of their schoolmasters. Director Lindsay Anderson has acknowledged that his own film if.... was inspired by Zero for Conduct.