Jean Vigo
By August 31, 2011
Let there be no trouble, no pranks . . . Do you realize the enormity of our moral responsibility? —Headmaster in Zéro de conduite There is nothing in the history of movies that mirrors or . . . Read more »
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.
| Huguet | Jean Dasté |
| Perrain (Old Tightass) | Robert Le Flon |
| General supervisor (Beanpole) | Blanchar, a.k.a. Du Verron |
| Headmaster | Delphin |
| M. Viot | Léon Larive |
| Ma Beans | Madame Émile |
| Government prefect | Louis de Gonzague-Frick |
| Caussat | Louis Lefebvre |
| Colin | Gilbert Pruchon |
| Bruel | Coco Golstein/Constantin Kelber |
| Tabard | Gérard de Bédarieux |
| Guardian | Louis Berger |
| Priest | Henri Storck |
| Director | Jean Vigo |
| Screenplay | Jean Vigo |
| Collaborators | Albert Riéra, Henri Storck and Pierre Merle |
| Sound | Royné–Bocquel |
| Director of photography | Boris Kaufman |
| Operator assistant | Louis Berger |
| Dialogue by | Charles Goldblatt |
| Music | Maurice Jaubert |
| Editing | Jean Vigo |
By August 31, 2011
Let there be no trouble, no pranks . . . Do you realize the enormity of our moral responsibility? —Headmaster in Zéro de conduite There is nothing in the history of movies that mirrors or . . . Read more »
By August 31, 2011
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“Minute for minute, there is almost certainly no more influential figure in all of cinema than Jean Vigo,” contends Dennis Lim in his Los Angeles Times review of Criterion’s The Complete Jean Vigo . . . Read more »