Stolen Kisses

Discharged from the army as unfit, Antoine Doinel seeks out his sweetheart, violinist Christine Darbon. He has written to her voluminously (but, she says, not always nicely) while in the military. Their relationship is tentative and unresolved. Christine is away skiing with friends when Antoine arrives, and her parents must entertain him themselves, though glad to see him. After she learns that Antoine has returned from military service, Christine goes to greet him at his new job as a hotel night clerk. It is a promising sign that perhaps this time, the romance will turn out happily for Antoine. He is, however, quickly fired from the hotel job. Counting the army, Antoine loses three successive jobs, and is clearly destined to lose a fourth, all symbolic of his general difficulty with finding his identity and "fitting in".

Keywords

  • Escape to Paris
  • Focus: François Truffaut
  • Nouvelle Vague
  • Identität

Actors

  • Martine Brochard
  • Jacques Rispal
  • Daniel Ceccaldi
  • Albert Simono
  • André Falcon
  • Catherine Lutz
  • Christine Pellé
  • Paul Pavel
  • François Darbon
  • Serge Rousseau
  • Harry-Max
  • Claude Jade
  • Marie-France Pisier
  • Delphine Seyrig
  • Claire Duhamel
  • Michael Lonsdale
  • Jean-Pierre Léaud
  • Robert Cambourakis

Director

  • François Truffaut

Timeless


1h 30min


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FR

France
1968
Discharged from the army as unfit, Antoine Doinel seeks out his sweetheart, violinist Christine Darbon. He has written to her voluminously (but, she says, not always nicely) while in the military. Their relationship is tentative and unresolved. Christine is away skiing with friends when Antoine arrives, and her parents must entertain him themselves, though glad to see him. After she learns that Antoine has returned from military service, Christine goes to greet him at his new job as a hotel night clerk. It is a promising sign that perhaps this time, the romance will turn out happily for Antoine. He is, however, quickly fired from the hotel job. Counting the army, Antoine loses three successive jobs, and is clearly destined to lose a fourth, all symbolic of his general difficulty with finding his identity and "fitting in".

Discharged from the army as unfit, Antoine Doinel seeks out his sweetheart, violinist Christine Darbon. He has written to her voluminously (but, she says, not always nicely) while in the military. Their relationship is tentative and unresolved. Christine is away skiing with friends when Antoine arrives, and her parents must entertain him themselves, though glad to see him. After she learns that Antoine has returned from military service, Christine goes to greet him at his new job as a hotel night clerk. It is a promising sign that perhaps this time, the romance will turn out happily for Antoine. He is, however, quickly fired from the hotel job. Counting the army, Antoine loses three successive jobs, and is clearly destined to lose a fourth, all symbolic of his general difficulty with finding his identity and "fitting in".


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