Zéro de conduit
Film
Directed by Jean Vigo (1933) | Original French version with English subtitles, colour, 44 min.In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day. The film draws extensively on Vigo's boarding school experiences to depict a repressive and bureaucratised educational establishment in which surreal acts of rebellion occur, reflecting Vigo's anarchist view of childhood. The title refers to a mark the boys would get which prevented them from going out on Sundays.
The film was first shown on 7 April 1933 and was subsequently banned in France until 15 February 1946.