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Small Change

Directed by François Truffaut

France • 1976 • 104 mins.

Showtimes & Past Screenings
https://youtu.be/YSrTHpV25hw

Following his critical successes with The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, and other films, Truffaut achieved his greatest commercial success with Small Change, a slice-of-life portrait of a school class that showcases the spectrum of personalities contained within. Shot using mostly non-professional actors, it is at once a snapshot of France in the mid-1970s and a near-universal look at childhood through the lens of those living it in the moment. “A comedy, a romance, a mystery—in a word: childhood—captured, distilled, and transformed effortlessly from sketchbook to symphony in the hands of a master named François Truffaut.”—Wes Anderson.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Appears in: Wes’s World: Wes Anderson and His Influences

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