Banned by the French censor until well after World War II.
77 years after Jean Vigo's death, his daughter and film critic Luce Vigo accepted the 2011 Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award - named after persecuted Soviet filmmakers Sergei Parajanov and Mikhail Vartanov - posthumously honoring Vigo for the masterpiece "Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège"; Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight presented the award and Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese sent a letter for the occasion with words on Vigo, Paradjanov and Vartanov, all of whom had struggled against censorship.
Was chosen by Premiere magazine as one of the "100 Movies That Shook the World" in the October 1998 issue. The list ranked the most "daring movies ever made."
Was a direct inspiration for Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968), especially the ending. To the end of his life "Zero for Conduct" was one of Anderson's all-time favorite films.