Small Change

• 7.1 Comedy
• 1976-03-17
• 104 minutes mins

Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a haircut, a boy dealing with an abusive home life, a baby and a cat sitting by an open window, a child telling a dirty joke, and a boy who develops a crush on his friend's mother.

Starring:

Jean-François Stévenin (Jean-François Richet, the Schoolteacher) Virginie Thévenet (Lydie Richet) Chantal Mercier (Chantal Petit, the Schoolteacher) Tania Torrens (Nadine Riffle, hairdresser, Laurent's mother) Nicole Félix (Grégory's mother) Philippe Goldman (Julien Leclou) Bruno de Stabenrath (Bruno Rouillard) Georges Desmouceaux (Patrick Desmouceaux) René Barnerias (Monsieur Desmouceaux, Patrick's father) Francis Devlaeminck (Monsieur Riffle, hairdresser, Laurent's father)

Director:

François Truffaut

Writer:

François Truffaut Suzanne Schiffman