- Les Mistons
Infobox_Film
name = Les Mistons
imdb_id = 0050714
director =François Truffaut
writer = François Truffaut
starring =Gérard Blain Bernadette Lafont Michel François
released =November 6 ,1958
runtime = 23 min
language = French"Les Mistons" ("The Mischief Makers") is a short film directed by
François Truffaut in1957 in black-and-white., where a group of young boys ("mistons" roughly translates "brats") are infatuated with a beautiful young woman. Jealous of her passionate affair, they conspire to make mischief for the woman and her boyfriend.
Truffaut's technique celebrates the small things in life, something that later characterized the whole
French New Wave , and was very influential with later French film directors such asJean-Pierre Jeunet ("Amelie ").The film was shot on location in the town of
Nimes , in the south ofFrance .External links
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