The Mischief Makers

1957 · 18 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 4,001 VOTES · DIR. François Truffaut

Overview

A group of young boys develops a crush on a girl, leading to jealousy toward her boyfriend. They scheme to disrupt their relationship, and when the boyfriend catches one of them spying, he punishes him harshly. In retaliation, the boys attempt to make the girl doubt her boyfriend's love.

Comedy1950s

Dialogue Timeline — 111 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:27 THE BRATS
00:01:28 Bernadette led us to discover
00:03:16 A virginal heartbeat has its own juvenile logic
00:03:47 named Gerard, a gym teacher who impressed some of us
00:06:23 They played tennis each Thursday on a shady court
00:06:45 Love of the game, the short skirt
00:07:41 If a ball went over the fence she'd come up to us
00:08:13 Could you give me a light?
00:09:19 Then the hostilities began
00:09:57 We were disappointed our revenge upset no one
00:10:15 We kept an eye on Bernadette on her bike
00:11:37 "Lost Collars Without Dogs"
00:11:56 and like hunters, we tracked them at a distance...
00:12:13 not knowing we were again trailing them
00:13:21 Our plan wasn't to stare but to humiliate them publicly
00:13:55 Don't be!
00:14:34 As our vacation neared the end
00:14:49 sprawled on a bed
00:15:17 Gerard the big chicky
00:15:32 We sent it in an envelope to Bernadette Jouve's address
00:15:56 At heart, we weren't mean, but beset with a rage...
00:16:17 we were as proud of as if they were our own?
00:16:52 Later I recalled the event more with pity than shame
00:17:13 Processed by C.M.C.

Cast & Characters

Gérard Blain Gérard Bernadette Lafont Bernadette Jouve Michel François Récitant Michel François Narrator Alain Baldy Kid Robert Bulle Kid Henri Demaegdt Kid Dimitri Moretti Kid Daniel Ricaulx Kid

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed111
Dialogue density6.2 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line00:17:13

Production Record

DirectorFrançois Truffaut
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes4,001