Zéro de Conduite by Jean Vigo (1933) Part 4 of 5 (via VieuxFilms)

One of my favorite films, with one of my favorite scenes ever, starting at about the 5:30 mark. A slow motion, feather tornado of a pillow fight amid a French boarding school revolution.

From Amazon:

“It’s hard to believe that this fantastical tale of a schoolboy rebellion was banned in its native France for 12 years following its initial 1933 release (for supposed anti-French sentiment). Perhaps the French authorities were remembering director Jean Vigo’s father, a famous French anarchist who died in prison, or just concerned that Vigo was revealing too much of his own unhappy youth spent in boarding schools. They needn’t have worried. Zero in Conduct is much more a childhood fantasy than a social critique, focusing on three particularly naughty boys who are constantly being threatened with a “zero in conduct” for their bad behavior. The rebellion in question is no armed revolt but a raucous pillow fight and a few stones thrown from a roof, all to the chant “Down with teachers, down with school.”