Les Mistons

Les Mistons The Mischief Makers is a short film directed by Franois Truffaut in 1957. It was his second film after Une Visite in 1955 but it is considered his first short film of any real consequence. Truffaut simply called it my first real film.Moreover it was Bernadette Lafonts film debut. She was at that time Grard Blains wife. The film demonstrates already some examples for Truffauts trademark tracking shots and would help define his style as well as set Truffaut on a path for his career. Truffauts narrative stresses the details of life, hereby establishing one of the trades of the French New Wave. Thus he also became a predecessor of French film directors such as JeanPierre Jeunet Amelie. It has been stated that the formation of the French New Wave could be tracked through two short films JeanLuc Godards All the Boys Are Called Patrick and Truffauts Les Mistons. In 2013 the Museum of Modern Art in New York screened this film together with Truffauts The 400 Blows.

The film was shot on location in Bernadette Lafonts hometown Nmes in Southern France. It sports the towns Roman arena. It was shot onmm film without live sound.In 1999 the film was released on a DVD which also contained Antoine and Colette. In 2007 Les Mistons was again released, this time as a part of a DVD collection. The extras included an introduction by film historian Serge Toubiana and an audio commentary by Truffauts assistant Claude de Givray. ........

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