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ANTOINE ET COLETTE

by François Truffaut

synopsis

This short film is the first segment of five in the multinational feature L'amore a vent'anni (1962), all five segments on the theme of first adult love. After indulging in much delinquency in his youth, seventeen year old Antoine Doinel, having been provided opportunity to get out of that delinquent life, is now an upstanding member of society working for Philips Records, which allows him to indulge in his love of music. At the Youth Concerts, he has noticed the same young woman at several performances, she who he would like to get to know. She is Colette, the two who do begin to date. Colette treats Antoine like a buddy, while Antoine has fallen in love with her. His pursuit of getting Colette to be his exclusive girlfriend is helped on the surface in the fact that Colette's parents like him and encourage their dating. He uses grand romantic gestures to try and prove his love. Will Colette ultimately fall under Antoine's romanticism?

original title: Antoine et Colette
country: France
year: 1962
genre: fiction
directed by: François Truffaut
film run: 32'
release date: FR 22/06/1962
screenplay: François Truffaut
cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay

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