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L'Argent de poche (Small Change) [DVD] [1977] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Georges Desmouceaux (Actor), Philippe Goldmann (Actor), François Truffaut (Director) | Format: DVD
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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  • Actors: Georges Desmouceaux, Philippe Goldmann, Nicole Félix, Chantal Mercier, Jean-François Stévenin
  • Directors: François Truffaut
  • Writers: François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman
  • Producers: François Truffaut
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: French, English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Dubbed: Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Jan 2001
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000053VBR
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 193,527 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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14 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The best truffant film ever 5 Nov 2003
By "info6160"
Format:DVD
If you are a fan of Truffant's films but have not this one add it to your list of must haves.
A film so heart warming and uplifting it should be in everyone's christmas stocking. The world seen through the eyes of a child - wonderful.
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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Not really a comedy 24 Oct 2003
By Chalkbrd - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've read all the reviews and they all seem to be missing the REAL point of the movie. Sure, it shows some delightfully comedic vignettes about childhood in France (and well, really the nature of childhood), but all of those funny bits like Geoffrey a fait boum and the police chief's daughter with her megaphone "j'ai faim" stand in stark contrast to the outcast Julien Leclerc (please pardon me if that is not precisely his name, but I am relying on my memory on this), who lives in a run down shack on a street where people just did not live and who was regularly abused by the "unseen enemy" of his family members (which yes, you do see in the end).

In this film we see the contrast of the innocence of childhood shattered by the heartbreak of abuse. This was an era where child abuse was just beginning to be dealt with in the media and we see Truffaut giving us intermittent glimpses of a child on his own, finding it hard to stay awake in class because he was forced out of the house for the night, picking up coins that dropped out of people's pockets at a local carnival, and fearing taking his clothes off for the school physical because of the bruises on his body.

I think we do a great disservice to the film and to Truffaut to call it a comedy. There is so much more to it than that.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Truffaut at his best! 4 Dec 2004
By D. Pawl - Published on Amazon.com
I first saw "Small Change" when I was only a child myself. At age twelve, I was suffering from serious depression, had a horrible self esteem and was probably at the lowest point in my life ever. This film was just the tonic I needed. The legendary filmmaker, Francois Truffaut, made this film about life through the eyes of children, telling each story with humor, intensity and profound beauty. This film is definitely great for anyone who has suffered childhood trauma. It shows us that we are truly never alone when we suffer injustice, also, that laughter is a universal language we all can relate to.

There are several vignettes told from the point of view of several of the young characters, but the two that stand out for me are about the little girl who claims she was abandoned and left alone in her apartment by her parents (she is actually just a spoiled brat) and proceeds to broadcast this to all of the neighbors via megaphone, and the young boy who lives in an abusive home. These stories were touching and triumphant and they could have truly happened anywhere in the world and would still compel us as audience members. They don't make films like this anymore......
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nearly 30 Years Later, It's Still Superb 19 Oct 2004
By James Carragher - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Never mind that the DVD subtitles call the film Pocket Money, which is the literal translation from the French, this Small Change jingles as lyrically as it did on first release in 1976. These children will now be somewhere in their 30s and early 40s, somewhere in France, anonymous probably in their daily lives, but they will always be here, captured being kids by Truffaut in the most unobtrusive way possible. Their daily resilience is most famously depicted in the scene of Gregory fait boum, but their energy, their mischievousness, their innocence and budding, bumbling curiosity about that great mystery, girls is all here too. As a hymn to childhood, including its darker recesses, Small Change will never be bettered and rarely be equaled, and anyone serious about movies and moviemaking should always have it close at hand.
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