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The short film Les Mistons or otherwise translated meaning The Brats. In 1957 age 25, Truffaut is already an accomplished writer and theorization of cinema. Along with his adoptive brothers, he is changing the way we will think and talk about cinema. They have already changed the cinema and discourse. Very soon all of them will make their first film. Truffaut is the first one to start to fully have the adventure. In 1957 in the offices of ARTS, he makes a friend with a young writer and publishes a certain claim of his first book of short stories, and his friends name is ma. Truffaut falls in love with the deep image orientated odes with short story codes which is the story of Les Mistons. Like many intellectuals at the time, will fall figuratively …show more content…

Truffaut truly trusts the deep connection between life and cinema and he strongly believes that cinema and life should always dialogue with each other. Truffaut was also helped by a young woman who was named Madeleine Morgesterm whose father is Ignace Morgesterm a Jewish producer. His future father in law will help organize and finance the making and distribution of Les Mistons. The film is shot in one summer in the native land of Bernadette and her big house will serve as the courters for the whole team. Cinema doesn’t need to be a highly professional environment but will also have the same atmosphere of the bohemian ways. All the directors will convince the family orientated experience in making this film. Ignace acts as the mentor and supports this group of very young and unexperienced artists. The shooting unfolds in the summer, Truffaut’s adaptation was already very personal, we will already see a few elements and Truffaut pays tribute to the poetic voice of the short story. In a way the film is a visual poem, the narration is poetry. Truffaut also vey consciously adapts to the natural and historical environment to pay tribute to his heroes. This film also exemplifies on of the aesthetic and beliefs of the new vile vogue, the use of a real location. A new location of a visual atmosphere, transcends the control with the lessons of neorealism and of course the father of that is Roberto Rossolini and Truffaut

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