Directed by:
François TruffautCinematography:
Denys ClervalComposer:
Antoine DuhamelCast:
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Harry-Max, André Falcon, Daniel Ceccaldi, Paul Pavel, Martine Brochard (more)Plots(1)
Filmed in 1968 during political turbulence in France which culminated in the Paris riots, this is ironically one of Truffaut's most playful and light-hearted films. The third in a series featuring Truffaut's cinematic alter-ego Antoine Doinel, which began with Les Quatre Cents Coups, it follows Antoine (Jean-Pierre Léaud) who, having received a dishonourable discharge from the army at the age of 20, works his way through a series of unsatisfactory jobs, as well as a number of transient relationships. (Artificial Eye)
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Part three of the loose pentalogy about Doinel. This time we get to see how his life pans out at the age of twenty-four upon being discharged from the army. I find him less likeable in Stolen Kisses, because he behaves as a womanizer, but for his development in the following parts, this is a significant episode. Otherwise, the classic Truffaut motifs are again presented flawlessly and the whole picture reeks of positive mood, because whatever may happen to the main hero, he plunges into new romantic and job-related escapades. Definitely an unusually high quality picture that is probably more interesting in the context of the pentalogy than as a self-standing movie.
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