Sunday 16th February at 3pm
L’Argent De Poche 1976
Director: François Truffaut
François Truffaut’s semi autobiographical L’Argent De Poche, “Small Change” or “Pocket Money” was one of his most commercially successful films. It features the tales of childhood innocence and awakenings amongst school children set in 1976.
Having endured a chastening childhood himself, Truffaut returned to the theme of growing up in this episodic collage, set in the provincial town of Thiers is his sunniest insight into the psyche of kids confronted with a range of everyday issues. The main characters are Geory Desmouceaux and Philippe Goldman, who respectively have to cope with a disabled father and an abusive mother. But, once again mining his own memories, Truffaut shows us moments of longing, discovery, peril, rebellion and reprisal to reinforce his contention that children exist in “a state of grace”. Interwoven with their school friends’ stories Geory and Philloipe are at the heart of a film that cries out its theme of the need to be loved.
Awards:
1976 Berlin Interantional Film Festival Golden Bear
1977 Golden Globe Nominee Best Foreign Film
Trailer for L’Argent De Poche (PG) 1h 44mins
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