Nostalgic look at childhood shenanigans that portends to what Truffaut would do with his features. Really nice shots and genuine sentimentality make this a pleasing little experience.

Truffaut has a terrific eye for detail and complexity, even as extant in wistful juveniles. Hence, Les Mistons achieves ultimate sublimity through subtle storytelling technique, Truffaut's aforementioned eye able to unpretentiously mould a degree of emotional, personal insight that practically sneaks up on you. In his haunting, stealthy exactitude he makes Les Mistons revelatory, a worthy precursor to the Antoine films in its thorough, unadulterated beauty.

A watchable short debut from François Truffaut, who was to become one of France's most overrated directors of all time. The voice-over narration is grating, and as a short movie about childhood, it is lifeless when compared to Rozier's Rentrée des Classes

31 Aralik 07 - 17:54 gibi bitti.internetten indirdim.bence truffaut daha iyisini yapabilirdi.senaryo cok iyi, cok hos.Ama filmin islenisinde biraz sorun var gibi, biseyler eksik!

A fine early short from Truffaut, kind of a preamble to The 400 Blows. It has a breezy feel to it, with a handful of playful editing tricks and some pleasant camera movement on the bicycle scenes.

Not much to it--but still, Truffaut's first.

Not much here but it is fun. Must see for any fans of the FNW.

The bike and tennis stuff was great. I wanted to punt the kids though.

A small sample of what was to come. This film really foreshadows Truffaut's affinity for youthful hopeless romance, with a light touch of tragedy. It is a little amateurish, with some sloppy but very playful camera and editing techniques. Really a joy to watch.

Down to earth, features a lot of realistic emotions and deals with the story in a way that just feels right. This is all nice however it makes the one or two moments of comedy stand out like mad which really disrupts the the truthfulness and subtle beauty of the film. Cut out the more obvious comedic moments and the kids playing soldiers and this movie would be lovely career opener from Truffaut but as it is it could do with some trimming. Still, the opening bike scene was wonderful.