When you can't get out for groceries, you can always go back to basics.
For most of us, this means combing the cupboards for staples like rice, beans, and pasta, but in Francois Truffaut's Bed & Board (France, 1970), two young parents go all the way back to the nursery in their search.
When Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) arrives home after a long day's work, his wife, Christine (Claude Jade), asks him where the groceries are. She left a list on the table that morning. She had a special dinner planned.
The Celluloid Pantry: Baby Food and Bed & Board (France, 1970)
"A list?" Antoine asks, "What list?"
With the stores all closed, and a babysitter nowhere to be found, the young couple's dinner options are limited, while their appetites grow.
"What do we have in the fridge?" asks Antoine.
"Alphonse's baby food," Christine shrugs.
Settling down at the table, they feed each other gamely, while Alphonse contentedly sleeps.
"We'll buy more tomorrow," says Antoine. "Let's just hope he doesn't wake up."
- Nora
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Lovely post about a lovely film.
The same characters have another charming kitchen scene in an earlier Truffaut film, Stolen Kisses. After their first night together, Christine matter-of-factly yet tenderly teaches Antoine how to butter his toast properly. Later in the scene, he takes a pair of kitchen scissors, slips one handle over her ring finger and silently proposes marriage. Delightful!