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Baisers volés
FRANCE · 1968

Baisers volés

François Truffaut
coming of age romantic entanglement job instability private detective military service
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Synopsis

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 ch

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