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=**Thursday 13th December 6.45pm ZERO DE CONDUITE //(Jean Vigo, 1933)//**= =**IF....//(Lindsay Anderson, 1968)//**= =**Two classic films on the theme of repression and the defiance of authority at school.**= Directed by Jean Vigo**
 * [[image:fara:0deconduite.JPG width="343" height="256"]] || **1933 France, 44 mins

A repressive and institutionalised boarding school in which failure to comply with the rules results in the pupils getting a "zero for conduct" and the stage is set to queston authority and revolt.

//Zero for Conduct// has been universally praised for its depiction of the secret world of children. One critic has described it as "a film directed by a small child who was also a cinematic genius". //Zero for Conduct// is loaded with details and images shown with Vigo's unique blend of realism and poetic surrealism. Some scenes are acutely moving and when the schoolboys finally resort to anarchy, they have our affection. By contrast, the adults running the school appear progressively more hideous as the film progresses.

The film was a key influence on Lindsay Anderson's film, If, which is the second film of the evening. || Lindsay Anderson’s //If. . . .// is a daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Before Kubrick made his mischief iconic in //A Clockwork Orange//, Malcolm McDowell made a hell of an impression as the insouciant Mick Travis, who, along with his school chums, trumps authority at every turn, finally emerging as violent savior against the draconian games of one-upmanship played by both students and the powers that be. Mixing color and black and white as audaciously as it mixes fantasy and reality, //If. . . .// remains one of cinema’s most unforgettable rebel yells. ||
 * [[image:fara:If.jpg width="348" height="466"]] || __**Synopsis**__