François Truffaut

Stolen Kisses

Stolen Kisses

Jean-Pierre Léaud returns in the delightful Stolen Kisses, the third installment in the Antoine Doinel series. It is now 1968, and the mischievous and perpetually lovestruck Doinel has been dishonorably discharged from the army and released onto the streets of Paris, where he stumbles into the unlikely profession of private detective and embarks on a series of misadventures. Whimsical, nostalgic, and irrepressibly romantic, Stolen Kisses is François Truffaut’s timeless ode to the passion and impetuosity of youth.

Film Info

  • France
  • 1968
  • 91 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.66:1
  • French
  • Spine #186

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Stolen Kisses
Cast
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Antoine Doinel
Delphine Seyrig
Fabienne Tabard
Claude Jade
Christine Darbon
Michel Lonsdale
Monsieur Tabard
Harry-Max
Monsieur Henri
André Falcon
Monsieur Blady
Daniel Ceccaldi
Monsieur Darbon
Claire Duhamel
Madame Darbon
Catherine Lutz
Madame Catherine
Credits
Director
François Truffaut
Screenplay and dialogue
François Truffaut
Screenplay and dialogue
Claude de Givray
Screenplay and dialogue
Bernard Revon
Music
Antoine Duhamel
Photography
Denys Clerval
Camera operator
Jean Chiabaut
Assistant director
Jean-José Richer
Continuity
Suzanne Schiffman
Sound
René Levert
Art direction
Claude Pignot
Editor
Agnès Guillemot

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A lifelong cinephile, François Truffaut first made his cinematic mark as a fiery, contentious critic for Cahiers du cinéma in the 1950s, denouncing the French film industry's bloated "tradition of quality" and calling for the director to be redefined as the auteur, or individual author, of the film. Truffaut then became an auteur himself, starting with The 400 Blows, which won him the best director award at Cannes and led the French new-wave charge. The 400 Blows remains Truffaut’s seminal film, yet he continued to reinvigorate cinema throughout the sixties, with such thrilling works as Shoot the Piano Player and Jules and Jim. Truffaut also continued to follow the adventures of 400 Blows protagonist Antoine Doinel—embodied by Jean-Pierre Léaud—through the seventies (Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, Love on the Run), while directing such other classics as Day for Night and The Last Metro, which displayed his undying love for cinema and life. His own life was tragically cut short at the age of fifty-two.