Stolen Kisses (1969)

Movie"Antoine knows what he wants to do ... his problem is doing it."
Audience Score
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R 1 hr 30 minFeb 1st, 1969Drama, Comedy, RomanceThe Adventures of Antoine Doinel Collection PosterPart of The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Collection
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's 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, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
StarringJean-Pierre LéaudClaude JadeDelphine Seyrig
DirectorFrançois Truffaut

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:February 1st, 1969 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 24th, 1999 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$350,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$1,500,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:French
Production Companies:Les Films du Carrosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés
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The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Collection

The release of François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows in 1959 shook world cinema to its foundations. The now-classic portrait of troubled adolescence introduced a major new director in the cinematic landscape and was an inaugural gesture of the revolutionary French New Wave. But The 400 Blows did not only introduce the world to its precocious director—it also unveiled his indelible creation: Antoine Doinel. Initially patterned closely after Truffaut himself, the Doinel character (played by the irrepressible and iconic Jean-Pierre Léaud) reappeared in four subsequent films that knowingly portrayed his myriad frustrations and romantic entanglements from his stormy teens through marriage, children, divorce, and adulthood.