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Small Change (L'argent de poche)

starring: René Barnerias, Jean-Marie Carayon, Katy Carayon, Annie Chevaldonne, Claudio De Luca

: Small Change (L'argent de poche)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792848462
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792848462
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2001
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 35629
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1976



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Critic Pauline Kael neatly summed up the timeless appeal of François Truffaut's 1976 film by calling it 'that rarity--a poetic comedy that's really funny.' In other words, Truffaut's brilliant, upbeat study of resilient children in a French village is both artistically satisfying and joyously entertaining, proving yet again (after his acclaimed debut film The 400 Blows) that few directors remembered and understood the experience of childhood as clearly as Truffaut. The film's episodic structure reveals its young characters gradually, leaving them and returning to them as their individual stories unfold. Most of the sketches are hilarious (as when a little girl uses a megaphone to announce that she's been 'abandoned,' resulting in generous gifts of food from her surrounding neighbors), but there's also a story about a boy with abusive parents who learns to survive by his own ingenuity. Throughout, this remarkable film gets all the details precisely right, featuring a youthful cast of kids who don't seem to be acting at all. It's as if Truffaut had somehow gained privileged entrance into their world, and they carried on as if the camera simply wasn't there. (Another French film, Ponette, would achieve a similar, more heartbreaking feat two decades later.) --Jeff Shannon



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wonderful!
Truffant took everyday kids during the summer of 1975 and made a movie with them about the everyday ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - For Truffaut, it's a 'Small' world.
"An original, a major work in minor keys"--Vincent Canby of the New York Times.

While French ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Small Change
While this movie provides what I look for in most foreign films - an insight into living life with the subtle ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A Classic
The cover says one title and the DVD itself translates the French into the other title, so I've listed both. And ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Sweet movie
I thought Small Change was a delightful film. It is dated 1976 so late baby boomers and early Gen Xer's might really ... Read More

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