Zero for Conduct

Zero for Conduct

  • Director: Jean Vigo
  • Countries of origin: France
  • Language: French
  • Release date: June 21, 1947
  • Runtime: 44 minutes
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Zero de Conduite
  • "Zero de conduite" tells the story of a group of students returning to boarding school by train after the holidays. Children feel oppressed in the cage-like schools: suffocating in the monotony of life, and are often scolded or corporally punished for no reason. The school superintendent declared their Zero de conduite to several students who did not follow his orders, banning them from going out on Sundays. The children finally couldn't bear it any longer. Finally, on the day of the school's anniversary, when all the leading figures came together, the students threw books, shoes, cans, etc. from the roof, causing the "student occupation" incident, and the roof of the teaching building fluttered. Raise a flag with a skull painted on it. Students in the classroom to their heart's content for their...

    Details

    • Release date June 21, 1947
    • Filming locations Gare de Belleville-Villette, Belleville, Paris 19, Paris, France
    • Production companies Franfilmdis, Argui-Film

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jean 2022-12-26 06:51:19

      Foreign Film History (Notes)

      This is the director's autobiographical work. The work represents a period of children's life in a boarding school, it's not even realistic, but it embodies poetic thought.

      On the surface, it looks like a group of mischievous children, but its deep background is the suppression of human nature in boarding schools.

      In this film, the dwarf provost symbolizes the unreasonable and abnormal...

    • By Sonny 2022-12-23 01:58:42

      zero of conduct

      The setting of the characters is too ironic. The contrast between the headmaster's figure, the four old stubborn greasy images and the good teacher's sunny and handsome image is funny. At the same time, we can see Jean Vigo's critical attitude towards those in power in education. At the same time, the scene is arranged The film's deep irony is better served by the use of stunt photography (such as the use of mirrors to show the funny class guide imitating the principal's...

    • By Willow 2022-12-14 05:28:05

      It's pointless to behave, so why not score zero

      It's pointless to behave, so why not score zero

      ——A brief analysis of the movie "Practice Zero"

      As a French realist director who pays more attention to the lives of the people at the bottom, Jean Viggo describes the children who oppose control and dare to challenge authority in this film, expressing their preference for youthful vitality and their longing and pursuit of freedom. .

    • By Candace 2022-12-12 12:52:32

      Criticizing the originator movie of youth

      A 40-minute short film that later influenced many filmmakers, including Truffaut's "The Four Hundred Blows". Although the theme is more serious and criticizes the rotten and backward educational system, the style of the whole film is relatively relaxed and funny. The most frequently mentioned clips are the slapstick clips of children in the dormitory. The duck feathers in the air seem very poetic. The character design in it is also exaggerated, such as the words of puppy love that popped out...

    • By Dell 2022-12-10 02:40:08

      Film Study Notes

             I like a scene: In the small dormitory space where the white feathers are flying, the upgraded shot of the students backing their stools and being surrounded by other students like the Pope is very poetic when accompanied by music.
          For 33 years, regardless of equipment, the concept is very light and novel, the story is told in a fun way, and it is not boring to watch. Characters with "distinctness" add a lot to the story, and the silent film-style performance magnifies this...

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    • By Adolfo 2023-07-29 22:23:01

      The teacher who molested the child asked the victimized student to apologize in public. The child, Teacher Wang Xin, stood upside down, walked like Chaplin for fun, laughed at the top and stern at the bottom, and the dean of the school who was sane and stole the students' snacks was absolutely...

    • By Zena 2023-07-01 08:02:29

      9.5/10. ① Short film. The school life of a group of students' children and their rebellion. ②Through casual and brisk movement of the camera (not only the movement of the camera itself [such as the part where the principal asks the long-haired boy to apologize], but also the wanton and rhythmic mixed use of fixed and moving shots [such as the part of running and gymnastics]) and Editing rhythm (fast and slow, but all fast) + bright soundtrack + lively performances by children + various light...

    • By Kolby 2023-06-29 02:10:51

      Do not understand how the authority of these teachers is established? It is impossible to appreciate their absolute status at all. The sense of oppression felt by the audience comes not from the issue itself, but from the film frame deliberately suppressing the closure of the sky for 40...

    • By Katherine 2023-06-11 18:15:22

      Like surrealism, like realism, like realism, black children's humor, Feather Down, that classic 40-minute film is exactly the ten best French...

    • By Iva 2023-06-04 19:40:29

      It's hard to find a definitive play without fading out of silent film form (especially the opening six minutes). Audio-visually speaking, Vigo basically only uses two pitching positions, and takes more aerial shots. Upgraded lenses are very formal. There are also Ozu-style jumping axes. The film does everything French boarding school. The ban of this film and the early death of Vigo made this film a classic of the generation of "anti-revolutionary...

    Behind the scenes gags

    This film is the most classic work of children's theme, which directly influenced Truffaut's "The Four Hundred Blows" and Lindsay Anderson's "What If". The film examines a "rebellion" incident of children in a boarding school from the perspective of children. Actors are basically non-professional, so some performances are uneven. This is Vigo's third work, showing genius in composition, editing, and lighting. The scene with feathers...
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    Movie quotes

    • Tabard: War is declared! Down with monitors and punishment! Long live rebellion! Liberty or death! Hoist our flag on the school roof! Stand firm with us tomorrow! We'll bombard them with rotten old books, dirty tin cans, smelly boots and all the ammo piled up in the attic! We'll fight those old goats on commemoration day! Onward!