Speed Cinema Screenings: 2026 French Film Festival: Small Change 3/29/26 12:30PM

“Francois Truffaut’s series of sketches on the general theme of the resilience of children turns out to be that rarity – a poetic comedy that’s really funny.”—Pauline Kael, The New Yorker 

Too long absent from the big screen, Small Change is one of Truffaut’s most poetic and personal films, a radiant celebration of the world of childhood. Through a series of loosely connected vignettes in a small city in southern France, a group of children, from infants to adolescents, experience the joys and trials of being young. “Children exist in a state of grace,” as a young mother observes. “They pass untouched through dangers that would destroy an adult.” 1976, France, 35mm, in French with English subtitles, 104 minutes. Rated PG. 

CINEMA + with an introduction and post-screening discussion.