Les mistons
Directed by François Truffaut • 1957 • France
The story takes place in provincial France, where a group of young boys ("mistons" roughly translates "brats") are infatuated with a beautiful young woman. Jealous of her passionate affair, they conspire to make mischief for the woman and her boyfriend.
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Les mistons
Directed by François Truffaut • 1957 • France
The story takes place in provincial France, where a group of young boys ("mistons" roughly translates "brats") are infatuated with a beautiful young woman. Jealous of her passionate affair, they conspire to make mischief for the woman and her boyfriend.
Extras
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LES MISTONS Commentary
This commentary track is by LES MISTONS assistant director Claude de Givray.
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Serge Toubiana on LES MISTONS
The following is a 2003 audio/visual “primer” by film historian on director François Truffaut’s 1957 short, LES MISTONS, which depicts a group of pubescent boys whose admiration of a young girl takes on an edge of cruelty. Truffaut’s budding affinity for showing life through the eyes of children ...
