L’Amour en fuite

Name: L’Amour en fuite
Released: 1979

François Truffaut

French New Wave coming of age romantic nostalgia autobiography and memory second chances urban romance

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Synopsis

Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel is a divorced proofreader in love with a record seller. Colette Tazzi, now a lawyer, buys his first published autobiography, leading them to a chance meeting.

Year1979

CountryFrance

DirectorFrançois Truffaut

MovementFrench New Wave

Cinematic DNA

I've always loved the Truffaut Doinel films, that idea of doing five films over twenty years, with the same actor playing the same character. It's an extraordinary thing that only cinema can do, really.

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