In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.
"Zéro de conduite" was approvingly described by critic David Thomson as "forty-four minutes of sustained, if roughly shot anarchic crescendo." This was not the widespread opinion at first, however, and "Zéro de conduite" was actually banned by the French government until after the second world war.
Though the film was not immediately popular, it has proved to be enduringly influential. Fran?ois Truffaut paid homage to "Zero for Conduct" in his 1959 film "The 400 Blows", widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. And then there is the influence on "If...", which should be better-known.
No Ordinary Shepherd (2014) 1080p
Read More »No Ordinary Shepherd is a video starring Jacob Buster, Darin Southam, and Jacque Gray. As the sun beams brightly on the hills surrounding Palestine, one young shepherd boy thoughtfully considers the significance of the day. The...