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L'Argent de Poche (Small Change) is an episodic comedy drama composed of several sequences that explore childhood in director François Truffaut's signature humanistic style. Filmed in Thiers in South Central France, each vignette is seen from the point of view of a kid from two weeks to 14 years old. There is no real plot, just little scenes flowing together dealing with personal joys and pains of the children in a small town. While most of the issues are simple and lighthearted, some of the
Mar 17, 1976 Wide
Jan 23, 2001
$32.7k
All Critics (15) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (0)
Gets at something meager and precious about childhood.
A major work in minor keys.
Top Critic[Truffaut] ecreates childhood, and yet he sees it objectively, too: He remembers not only the funny moments but the painful ones.
Gentle French coming-of-age film is best for teens and up.
Filled with familial love, youthful spontaneity and gentle humor.
One longs for a less mawkish hand whenever this film slips into didacticism, the prime offender being Stévenin's climactic speech to his class.
Delightfully competent but slight episodic childhood drama/comedy.
Truffaut is so precise with his observations and unintrusive with the camera that we feel as if we are seeing a documentary instead of contrived movie scenarios.
It walks the line between cloying and charming, but mostly manages to stay on the right side.
A wonderful valentine to the playfulness and spontaneity of children
This film depicts episodes from children's lives in a small town in the very center of France.While I watched this film, two things kept recurring in my head. First, Truffaut is so much better when he's dealing with children, Stolen Kisses being an exception. Second, this is so much better than Amarcord, which is a
December 7, 2011
Super Reviewer
I could watch an entire feature of that little Gregory kid. But not if he keeps falling out of windows. That was not funny.
April 11, 2007Super Reviewer
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