André Falcon, Claire Duhamel, Claude Jade
Watching the passage of a young man into adulthood, is the premise for this third chapter in Antoine Doinel's cinematic life. Idealistic Antoine is dishonorably discharged from the army, tries out a n...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 24, 1999
Stats: 272 reviews
Truffaut homages Henri Langlois, Laurel and Hardy. Hitchcock and Balzac, and brings back his alter ego, Antoine Doinel. Now at the doors of adulthood, he was kicked out from the army, and struggles to find a job, first as a night porter, shoe seller, tv repairing engineer and eve...( read more)
8/10
Unlike its predecessors The 400 Blows or Jules and Jim, Stolen Kisses has more of a personal agenda. It follows Antoine Doinel through various jobs and romantic situations and is not really about anything in particular. But this ambiguity is what makes it so refreshing. Add...( read more)
The third in Traffaut's semi-autobiographical series following the life of Antoine Dionel. The first time the character hit the screens was in the 1959 masterpiece The 400 Blows. Stolen Kisses sees Antoine now as a young man and follows him in his journey into adulthood. This doe...( read more)
One of the greatest lines in cinema history: "You can hang up now. Mr. Henri is dead." That scene alone--not to mention the several other Truffaut touches throughout--are reason enough to see and treasure this film.
A superb film, one of Francois Truffaut's very best and the second best in the Antoine series. (I think The 400 Blows is his best). Good score, excellent writing and a fine performance from Jean-Pierre Leaud.
Truffaut peut difficilement cacher son penchant pour Antoine, son personnage fétiche puisqu'à chaque fois il fait preuve d'une inspiration incroyable donnant droit à des films tous plus brillants les uns des autres. Plus léger, le film ne cesse de prouver le côté maladroit et enf...( read more)
Le deuxième volet du cycle Antoine Doinel n'est certainement pas aussi bon que le premier, mais Jean-Pierre Léaud nous offre encore une performance si touchante qu'on l'aime presque autant que le premier. En fait, c'est beaucoup plus léger, beaucoup moins tragique que la sordide ...( read more)
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