Specialty CollectionGenre: FOREIGN FILMS
Description: SUBTITLES. FILM ABOUT ADOLESCENCE BY FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT. FOCUSES ON THE FANTASIES AND EXPLOITS OF FIVE PRE-ADOLESCENT BOYS WHO BECOME INFATUATED WITH AND TRY TO WIN THE ATTENTION OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN LOVE. SHOWS THE BOYS ATTEMPTING TO EMBARRASS BERNADETTE BY FOLLOWING HER AND HER BOYFRIEND AND PLAYING PRANKS ON THEM. PORTRAYS THE CHANGE IN THE BOYS' ATTITUDE WHEN THE BOYFRIEND IS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. YOUNG GIRL RIDES BICYCLE THROUGH STREETS OF FRENCH TOWN, VILLAGE. USES HAND SIGNALS TO TURN CORNER. LARGE BRIDGE ACROSS VALLEY. YOUNG BOYS' SEXUAL AWAKENING. GIRL IN SKIRT RIDES THROUGH FOREST PATHS ON BICYCLE. BAREFOOT. YOUNG BOYS RUN THROUGH WOODS. SEE HER BICYCLE AGAINST TREE. THEY SMELL THE SEAT. GIRL COMES UP FROM LAKE. MAN ENTERS HUGE OPEN STADIUM. STONE STEPS. KISSES GIRLFRIEND PASSIONATELY. BOYS WATCH AND GOOF. RUNNING AROUND. BOY JUMPS OUT AND STARTLES, SCARES GIRL. CLIMB OVER FENCE. SMACK BOYS BARE STOMACH. THEY PLAY WAR GAMES, PRETENDING TO SHOOT EACH OTHER DEAD. SPEEDED UP FILM OF OLD MAN WITH HOSE WATERING FLOWERS. CU BOY STEPS ON HOSE, MAN LOOKS, GETS WATER IN HIS FACE. BOYS HIDE AND WATCH GIRL IN SHORT SKIRT PLAY TENNIS. THEY SMOKE CIGARETTE. BOY CLIMBS UNDER FENCE TO GIVE BALL BACK TO GIRL. SMILES, CAREFREE. MAN ASKS MAN WITH CIGAR FOR A LIGHT. HE YELLS AT HIM. GETS LIGHT FROM MAN WITH CIGARETTE. BOYS FOLLOW GIRL AROUND. SHE WAVES TO BOYFRIEND FROM THE WINDOW OF HER COTTAGE. BOYS WRITE ON WALL. GRAFFITI. MAKE HEARTS. LOVE. HOLDS HANDS WITH BOYFRIEND AS THEY RIDE BICYCLES TOGETHER. ROMANTIC KISS. PEOPLE WATCHING MOVIE. MAKING OUT AT THE MOVIES. BOYS CHEER AND MAKE NOISE WHEN COUPLE KISS. RUN OUT OF MOVIE. THEY RIP POSTER OFF WALL. STONE BRIDGE OVER RIVER. BOYS ON BICYCLES FOLLOW COUPLE. TWO BOYS PER BIKE. COUPLE ROMANTIC WALK IN THE WOODS. SHE FIGHTS WITH HIM PLAYFULLY AND RUNS AWAY. LIE DOWN ON GROUND. BOYS SNEAK OVER TO COUPLE. MAN CHASES BOY, GRABS HIM, SMACKS HIM. KICKS HIM IN THE BUTT. COUPLE AT TRAIN STATION. KISS GOOD-BYE. GIRL RUNS AFTER TRAIN. BOYS WALK ON STONE WALL. POSTCARD RACK. WRITING PRANK POSTCARD TO BERNADETTE. OUTSIDE CHURCH. PEOPLE LEAVE. BOY SPIES ON COUPLE KISSING. BOYS PLAY IN WATER. GIRL WEARS BLACK. IN MOURNING.
