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Stolen Kisses

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The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's (Claude Jade) 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 (Delphine Seyrig), and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
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Stolen Kisses is a fine feature follow-up to The 400 Blows, transforming Antoine Doinel into a sympathetic, silly, and romantic figure that carries to the series' end.

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Joe Morgenstern Newsweek 07/06/2022
By almost almost any standards but those he has already set, François Truffaut has an enormous new success in Stolen Kisses. It's certainly an entertaining movie... By no stretch of any romantic's imagination, though, is Stolen Kisses a great film. Go to Full Review Ben Kern Minneapolis Star Tribune 03/02/2022
Francois Truffaut has come out with a comedy, sometimes very funny, sometimes relevant to youthful problems, and always balanced between emotional extremes by Gallic worldliness. Go to Full Review Gavin Millar Sight & Sound 03/31/2020
This beautifully conceived and brilliantly acted film confirms Truffauts high place in the French humanist tradition. He can stand the comparison with Renoir. Go to Full Review Giles M. Fowler Kansas City Star 09/02/2020
Like the age it surveys, the picture is by turns playful, tense, lovely and breathlessly sensitive to details of mood and manner. Go to Full Review Paul Schrader Los Angeles Free Press 01/24/2020
Francoise Truffaut's Stolen Kisses is so good, so impeccably crafted, that it catches us by surprise. Go to Full Review Penelope Houston The Spectator 07/10/2018
The film wears its charm on its sleeve, which is probably as good a place as any to wear it: tender, hilarious, gracefully reticent. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Scott R @ScottR Mar 4 NYT 1000 Films. Arguably the most enjoyable of the three films with its focus on Doinel and his career growth / struggles trying the army, night watchman, and as a private investigator. Of course it’s comedic in its approach and uniquely French, but it entertains. Saw on box. See more Jens B @Jens97 Feb 28 There seem to be more private detectives in Paris than anywhere else in the world. The plot meanders along; it's once again about love and all sorts of entanglements. But: it's simply fun to watch Antoine Doinel on his journey through life. See more Leo P @RT23366938 10/21/2024 Child sociopath Doinel keeps on spooking people as a young man,but no one seems to mind. Genius Truffaut makes fun of ordinary folks like us,but we also don't mind. Not a masterpiece as Day for Night,yet far better movie they make today. See more Alexsander F @Aelxs 10/08/2024 Simplesmente fantástico da fotografia até o roteiro um tanto quanto pitoresco, Truffaut é para se assistir em estado de graça assim como é Godard. See more Bulgantamir B @RT36664197 08/04/2024 When I watched it again, I knew it was a good movie See more Bahad j @RT27093708 08/03/2024 The idea behind this movie moved me a lot, but it was a movie with really satisfying expectations See more Read all reviews
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François Truffaut

Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Antoine Doinel

Delphine Seyrig

Fabienne Tabard

Michaël Lonsdale

Georges Tabard

Claude Jade

Christine Darbon

Daniel Ceccaldi

Monsieur Darbon
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Synopsis The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's (Claude Jade) 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 (Delphine Seyrig), and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
Director
François Truffaut
Producer
Marcel Berbert
Screenwriter
François Truffaut, Claude de Givray, Bernard Revon
Distributor
Criterion Collection, Lopert Pictures Corp.
Production Co
Les Films du Carrosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 3, 1969, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 1, 2014
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Mono