Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège (1933)

In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.

Director:

Jean Vigo

Writer:

Jean Vigo (scenario)

Stars:

Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Louis Lefebvre

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jean Dasté	...	Surveillant Huguet
Robert le Flon	...	Surveillant Pète-Sec
Du Verron	...	Surveillant-Général Bec-de-Gaz (as du Verron)
Delphin	...	Principal du Collège
Léon Larive	...	Professeur (as Larive)
Madame Émile	...	Mère Haricot (as Mme. Emile)
Louis de Gonzague	...	Préfet (as Louis de Gonzague-Frick)
Raphaël Diligent	...	Pompier (as Rafa Diligent)
Louis Lefebvre	...	Caussat
Gilbert Pruchon	...	Colin
Constantin Goldstein-Kehler	...	Bruel (as Coco Golstein)
Gérard de Bédarieux	...	Tabard

Storyline

Bruel, Caussat and Colin are three students at a boarding school. There is a continual battle between the school's authority figures and students. The teachers and monitors are always giving the three in particular "zero for conduct" and Sunday detention for their behavior. Conversely, most of the students believe the headmaster, teachers and monitors are a combination of authoritarian, inept, and/or corrupt. The one exception among the teachers is Huguet, newly arrived to the school, he who has a penchant for imitating Charles Chaplin as the Little Tramp, and to do handstands whenever the mood suits him, which includes in class. The boys are always doing whatever it takes to amuse themselves, which if it causes the teachers grief, so much the better. The three are the masterminds of a plot to overtake the school's Commemoration Day celebrations. The one student not involved is Tabard, who is seen as a sissy among the student body. Bruel believes Tabard should be involved. An act by ...

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Plot Keywords:

penis | schoolboy | dormitory | children | anarchism | 

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Genres:

Short | Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

77 years after Jean Vigo's death, his daughter and film critic Luce Vigo accepted the 2011 Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award -- named after persecuted Soviet filmmakers Sergei Parajanov and Mikhail Vartanov -- posthumously honoring Vigo for the masterpiece Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège (1933); Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight presented the award and Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese sent a letter for the occasion with words on Vigo, Paradjanov and Vartanov, all of whom had struggled against censorship.

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Goofs

In the final scenes, when the young rebels are climbing the roofs, Tabard's shorts change from black to gray.

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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!

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Connections

Edited into Cinéastes de notre temps: Jean Vigo (1964)

User Reviews

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

7 April 1933 (France)

Also Known As:

Cero en conducta

Filming Locations:

Gare de Belleville-Villette, Belleville, Paris 19, Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Franfilmdis, Argui-Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min 41 min (original cut) 47 min (restored)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1