Antoine Doinel strikes again! In the final chapter of François Truffaut’s saga, we find Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), now in his thirties, convivially concluding his marriage, enjoying moderate success as a novelist, and clinging to his romantic fantasies. The newly single Doinel finds a new object of his affections in Sabine, a record store salesgirl whom he pursues with the fervid belief that without love, one is nothing. Along the way, he renews his acquaintance with previous loves and confronts his own chaotic past. In Love on the Run, Antoine Doinel is still in love and because he’s still in love, he’s still alive.
| Antoine Doinel | Jean-Pierre Léaud |
| Colette | Marie-France Pisier |
| Christine Doinel | Claude Jade |
| Liliane | Dani |
| Monsieur Lucien | Julien Bertheau |
| Colette's mother | Rosy Varte |
| Xavier | Daniel Mesguich |
| Sabine | Dorothée |
| Director | François Truffaut |
| Screenplay | François Truffaut, Jean Aurel, Suzanne Schiffman and Marie-France Pisier |
| Cinematography | Nestor Almendros, Florent Bazin and Emilia Pakull-Latorre |
| Art direction | Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko, Pierre Gompertz and Jean-Louis Povéda |
| Music | Georges Delerue |
| Editing | Martine Barraqué, Jean Gargonne and Corinne Lapassade |
February 06, 2016
Today marks what would have been the eighty-fourth birthday of French New Wave pioneer François Truffaut. In celebration of his incredible life and body of work, revisit a selection of essays . . . Read more »
By April 28, 2003
While making Love on the Run, François Truffaut knew that it would be the end of the Antoine Doinel cycle. He also wanted the film to be the cycle’s recapitulation. Love on the Run prolongs . . . Read more »
By April 28, 2003
While making Love on the Run, François Truffaut knew that it would be the end of the Antoine Doinel cycle. He also wanted the film to be the cycle’s recapitulation. Love on the Run prolongs . . . Read more »
February 06, 2016
Today marks what would have been the eighty-fourth birthday of French New Wave pioneer François Truffaut. In celebration of his incredible life and body of work, revisit a selection of essays . . . Read more »
By March 19, 2015
The author recalls his encounters and correspondence with the filmmaker. Read more »
August 18, 2010
UPDATE 14OCT2010: It seems that we at Criterion, or at least our subtitles, have gotten caught up in a bit of a controversy with regard to the article that we linked to here. Some sharp readers . . . Read more »
April 07, 2010
The smart folks at the niftily designed film website Not Coming to a Theater Near You are in the midst of a monthlong feature titled Love on the Run: The Films of François Truffaut. One essay . . . Read more »
By April 28, 2003
While making Love on the Run, François Truffaut knew that it would be the end of the Antoine Doinel cycle. He also wanted the film to be the cycle’s recapitulation. Love on the Run prolongs . . . Read more »
