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Zero for Conduct (1933)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:11

Rotten:1

Average Rating:8.9/10

Runtime: 50 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: With ZERO FOR CONDUCT, French director Jean Vigo's (L'ATALANTE) sophomore film, he follows up his social documentary A PROPOS DE NICE. En route to boarding school, mischievous students Caussat... With ZERO FOR CONDUCT, French director Jean Vigo's (L'ATALANTE) sophomore film, he follows up his social documentary A PROPOS DE NICE. En route to boarding school, mischievous students Caussat (Louis Lefebvre), Colin (Gilbert Pruchon), and Druel (Coco Golstein) joyfully while away their last hours of freedom. Sour teacher Pète-Sec (Robert Le Flon), however, soon quashes all fun by giving a "zero for conduct" grade to the boys for their dormitory escapades. Pète-Sec seems out to get the boys, but they have an ally in new teacher Huguet (Jean Dasté). Huguet is as fun loving as the students, with his Chaplin imitations, and gymnastics during class. The boys continue to rack up more zeros, though, and finally they decide that they are fed up with Sunday punishment so they plot to escape from school. Meanwhile, the headmaster, a Napoleon-style dictator and midget (literally) fears for the success of upcoming Alumni Day with the boys misbehaving. He enlists the help of foppish student Tabart (Gerard de Bedarieux) to infiltrate the boys' cadre, thereby threatening the mini revolution that could occur. Vigo uses avant-garde techniques and satire--the surreal, poetic, pillow fight sequence, dropping dialogue for effect--to support anarchy in the quest to end tyranny. [More]

Starring: Jean Daste, Robert Le Fion

Starring: Jean Daste, Robert Le Fion

Director: Jean Vigo

Director: Jean Vigo

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Pretty great, but also overwhelming: Vigo clearly had a good 80 or 90 minutes worth of movie that he had to fit into half the running time.

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11/10/08
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

No review available.

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02/21/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

One of the most haunting and influential films ever made about childhood, Vigo's feature protests rigid authority and celebrates anarchic revolution. This personal film influenced two other great works: Truffaut's 400 Blows and Lindsay Anderson's If.

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12/10/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

From a modern perspective it seems delightful rather than revolutionary, dangerous and subversive.

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06/01/06
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Vigo's anarchic, disorienting vision of life in a French boarding school.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
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Time Out

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10/30/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Compelling and influential, a fascinating film and essential viewing for film history enthusiasts.

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05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

These amorphous scenes, strung together by a vague continuity may be art but they are also pretty chaotic.

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05/20/03
A.H. Weiler
A.H. Weiler
New York Times
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One of the greatest films about children ever made and a haunting celebration of anarchic rebellion.

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02/04/03
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08/15/02
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
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A wholly original creation, the film walks a narrow line between surrealist farce and social realism.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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It's Vigo's most personal work... unrefined, reckless, and sloppy.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
 
 
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