Fresh
A persuasively charming comedy.
Time Out
Stolen Kisses
Antoine knows what he wants to do ... his problem is doing it.
1968 · 1h 30m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
François Truffaut
Overview
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
Director and cast
- François Truffaut Director
- Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel
- Claude Jade as Christine Darbon
- Delphine Seyrig as Fabienne Tabard
- Michael Lonsdale as Georges Tabard
- Daniel Ceccaldi as Monsieur Darbon
- Claire Duhamel as Madame Darbon
- Harry-Max as Monsieur Henri
- André Falcon as Monsieur Blady
- Catherine Lutz as Catherine
- Martine Ferrière Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of Truffaut's best, lyrical and resonant in a way the later films in the cycle would not be.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The slice-of-life pic also has neat slices of observation, tasteful presentation and easeful acting that avoid banality.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A movie so full of love that to define it may make it sound like a religious experience, which, of course, it is -- but in a wonderfully unorthodox, cockeyed way.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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