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Veronica and Her Dunce

Original title: Véronique et son cancre
  • 19581958
  • 18m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.1K
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Véronique et son cancre (1958)
  • Short
  • Comedy
A careless mother hires a young tutor to bring up her son's marks, as bad in mathematics as in French language. The young woman tries to teach the boy the easiest things in the curriculum, a... Read allA careless mother hires a young tutor to bring up her son's marks, as bad in mathematics as in French language. The young woman tries to teach the boy the easiest things in the curriculum, as well as some manners. She fails, faced with a puzzling logic in the boys' answers, and h... Read allA careless mother hires a young tutor to bring up her son's marks, as bad in mathematics as in French language. The young woman tries to teach the boy the easiest things in the curriculum, as well as some manners. She fails, faced with a puzzling logic in the boys' answers, and her tight new shoes. Alone at last, the boy picks up his rubber ball - to sleep on it.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.1K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Nicole Berger
    • Stella Dassas
    • Alain Delrieu
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  • Director
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Writer
    • Éric Rohmer(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Nicole Berger
    • Stella Dassas
    • Alain Delrieu
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    Nicole Berger
    Nicole Berger
    • Véroniqueas Véronique
    Stella Dassas
    • Madameas Madame
    Alain Delrieu
    • Madame's sonas Madame's son
    • Director
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Writer
      • Éric Rohmer(dialogue) (scenario)
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    A careless mother hires a young tutor to bring up her son's marks, as bad in mathematics as in French language. The young woman tries to teach the boy the easiest things in the curriculum, as well as some manners. She fails, faced with a puzzling logic in the boys' answers, and her tight new shoes. Alone at last, the boy picks up his rubber ball - to sleep on it. —Artemis-9
    • tutor
    • nouvelle vague
    • french new wave
    • strict mother
    • naughty child
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      • Comedy
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    • Trivia
      According to the film director, the dialogs were based, and sometimes actually sentences taken from real teachers and students' conversations.
    • Connections
      Followed by Charlotte et Véronique, ou Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick (1959)

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    7/10
    I'm not sure he was a dunce
    The French short film Véronique et son cancre (1958) was shown in the U.S. with the translated title Véronique and her Dunce. It was written and directed by Éric Rohmer.

    Nicole Berger stars as Véronique, who has been hired to tutor a young boy (portrayed by Alain Delrieu). I don't think the boy was a dunce. I think that he didn't care about school, and he would have needed a really talented tutor to engage him in his schoolwork.

    Unfortunately, Véronique doesn't appear to be that person. She wasn't skilled enough to arouse any academic interest in the boy, and she acted ill at ease as a tutor. Not a good combination.

    We saw this film as a special feature in the Criterion Collection version of Rohmer's Love in the Afternoon. The short has an anemic IMDb rating of 6.7. I thought that was about right and rated it 7.
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    • Release date
      • 1958 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Véronique und ihr Faulpelz
    • Production company
      • Ajym Films
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    • Runtime
      18 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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