The Mischief Makers (1957)
Les mistons (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 18min
- Short, Comedy
- 06 Nov 1958 (France)
- Short
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Cast verified as complete
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Gérard
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| Bernadette Lafont | ... |
Bernadette Jouve
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Michel François | ... |
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
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Alain Baldy | ... |
Kid (uncredited)
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Robert Bulle | ... |
Kid (uncredited)
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Henri Demaegdt | ... |
Kid (uncredited)
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Dimitri Moretti | ... |
Kid (uncredited)
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Daniel Ricaulx | ... |
Kid (uncredited)
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Directed by
| François Truffaut | ||
Written by
| Maurice Pons | ... | (short story) |
| François Truffaut | ... | (scenario) (uncredited) |
Music by
| Maurice Leroux | ||
Cinematography by
| Jean Malige | ||
Editing by
| Cécile Decugis | ||
Editorial Department
| Michelle de Bossell | ... | assistant editor (as Michelle de Bossel) |
Production Management
| Robert Lachenay | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Claude de Givray | ... | assistant director |
| Alain Jeannel | ... | assistant director |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Jean-Louis Malige | ... | assistant camera |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Gala Film Distributors (1961) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Les Films de la Pléiade (1957) (France) (theatrical)
- Neaniko Plano (2003) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Stjärnfilm (1961) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- AV Channel (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
- BijouFlix Releasing (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- MK2 Éditions (2001) (France) (DVD)
- Silver Screen (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Five young boys in pre-puberty are collectively attracted by a beautiful, young woman, Bernadette Jouve. She awakes in them the springs of luminous sensuality. As they are too young to love her, they decide to hate and torment her instead. Wherever Bernadette and her sweetheart Gerard turn up, the five boys are there, disturbing them. They also start drawing arrow-pierced hearts with the names of the two lovers everywhere, but Gerard and Bernadette hardly notice it. The boys' failures make them more aggressive. A day in August Gerard says farewell to Bernadette. He'll be away for three months. When he comes back he hopes the wedding bells will toll for them. When the five boys' vacation is near the end, they resort to a very shabby method. They buy a postcard showing two scantily-dressed lovers sprawled on a bed. On the postcard they write wanton words about Gerard and Bernadette, and undersign it The Brats, before sending it to Bernadette. Some days later they read in the newspaper that Bernadette's fiancé had died in a mountain-climbing accident. Written by Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se} |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This short is available on the 2003 Umbrella release of "The 400 Blows". See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993). See more » |
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Récitant: [voice over narration] Jouve's sister was unbearably beautiful. She always rode wither skirts flying. Bernadette led us to discover many of our darkly hidden dreams. She awoke in us the springs of luminous sensuality. See more » |