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Actors: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Daniel Ceccaldi, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, André Falcon
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Stolen Kisses |
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STOLEN KISSES is a movie cowritten and directed by François Truffaut in 1968. The movie won the Prix Louis Delluc the same year.
Paris, France. Antoine Doinel has just been released from the army, he is simply psychologically unfit for it. His friends, the Darbon family, finds a job for him as an hotel night supervisor but the naive Antoine is cheated by a private investigator willing to surprise a client's wife in one of the rooms. Antoine loses his job but is hired by the investigator's agency. Meanwhile, Christine Darbon falls in love with him but Antoine is not ready for it. He's obsessed by his job and must now discover why Michael Lonsdale, a shoemaker, is not liked by his employees. Antoine, hired as a clerk in the shop, is seduced by Delphine Seyrig, Lonsdale's beautiful wife, who offers to Antoine the ability to fulfill his wildest dreams. After this experience, he may be receptive to Christine Darbon's faithful love.
Second full-length movie of the Antoine Doinel saga.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Stolen Kisses |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Kind of comedy
- romantic comedy
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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