Zéro de Conduite

(1933) dir Jean Vigo [49 min, DCP] 

So effervescent and charming that one can easily forget its importance in film history, Vigo’s enormously influential portrait of prankish boarding-school students is one of cinema’s great acts of rebellion. Based on the director’s own experiences as a youth, ZÉRO DE CONDUITE presents childhood as a time of unfettered imagination and brazen rule-flouting. It’s a sweet-natured vision of sabotage made vivid by dynamic visual experiments – including the famous, blissful slow-motion pillow fight. Incudes newly restored footage! 

A "Double Feature" ticket additionally allows admission into the 7:00 PM screening of L'ATALANTE. No additional purchase is necessary.