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Small Change

1976 · 104 min

A gentle, episodic tapestry of childhood that balances playful innocence with a quiet, heartbreaking undercurrent.

Directed by: François Truffaut
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Jean-François Stévenin, Virginie Thévenet, Chantal Mercier

Overview: The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physically abused, poverty stricken friend, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges most their age experience.

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Directed by: François Truffaut
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Jean-François Stévenin, Virginie Thévenet, Chantal Mercier

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
family
friendship
isolation
healing
Places: small town
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: François Truffaut
Written by: Suzanne Schiffman, François Truffaut
Starring: Jean-François Stévenin, Virginie Thévenet, Chantal Mercier, Tania Torrens, Nicole Félix, Philippe Goldman, Bruno de Stabenrath, Georges Desmouceaux
Music: Maurice Jaubert
Cinematography: Pierre-William Glenn
Runtime: 104 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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