Stolen Kisses

1969 "Antoine knows what he wants to do ... his problem is doing it."
Stolen Kisses
7.5| 1h30m| R| en| More Info
Released: 01 February 1969 Released
Producted By: Les Films du Carrosse
Country: France
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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.

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Vihren Mitev Romantic film about the emerging love between two young people, shown through the eyes of the men. The story shows how he gives his constant attempts to win her heart, and also shows how he slowly go "insane" when he is away from her.After several refusals, he initially received, he began to work a bunch of strange activities, such as working as a private detective. Despite their current separation, however, his favorite is still interested in him, until finally reveals her feelings completely (invites him to sleep in her home when her parents will be out).Beautiful and cute movie.http://vihrenmitevmovies.blogspot.com/
roland-scialom The movie focuses an intermezzo in the life of a young guy who is in search of himself and apparently doesn't succeed to find himself from the begin to the end of the intermezzo. His first failure is with the military service. He volunteered by himself (nobody forced him to serve in the army, he thought that it was a possible move) but a few time later, realized that the career in the army had nothing to do with himself and didn't feared to be discharged dishonourably. During the hole intermezzo, he is in love with a girl who doesn't care about him. He experiments several professional activities and fails to succeed in all of them, not because he is stupid, but, rather, because he refuses to play the role that each professional activity demands. The outsider trait of his personality always prevails. This outsider style doesn't lead him to any kind of progress or evolution. He is the same from the begin to the end, and this fact is negative in the sens that he is not an example to be followed by any one who is also in search of himself. The first time I saw baisers volés, more than 45 years ago, I was fascinated by the nouvelle vague and didn't pay attention to the aspects I pointed out here above. Now that I'm more experienced in existential issues, I'm more connected to these aspects. To conclude my critics, I would like to say that the song of Charles Trenet, "Que Reste-t-il de Nos Amours", is much more beautiful and profound than the tribulations of the young outsider Antoine Doinel.
T Y Perhaps I wasn't meant to view this two days after falling in love with The 400 Blows; as nine years actually expire between the two films. I'm half an hour into it (after also viewing Antoine et Colette) and I'm not pleased. I had no urge to see Antoine grow into a spindly, nervous, timid, tentative, inept bourgeoisie. His job arc and whimsy are certainly not what I craved more detail about after the first movie. I didn't need to see him adrift in his 20s with no charisma, and making friends with the parents of girls who won't date him. (!?) Here he's become super feminized. I can't stand his stupid haircut, and the swagger that he had an adolescent is gone.This is not the adult that was implied/promised by the adolescent. I really would have liked to see Doinel's story arc resume more immediately after the age he was in the 400 Blows. The phase that transitions Doinel to the period shown here is what I would have found interesting.I could barely get through this. I doubt I'll watch the rest of the series now. I cannot imagine, given Truffaut's own comments about film, where he imagined the merit of this was. I see no difference in this and other shallow sequels that try to cash in. I also see no art in this. How could he take his own work and make it so trite? Truffaut used to talk about keeping faith with the viewer. What did that mean to him if could make this? I would have preferred if he had just killed Doinel off to save the character and audiences from this. He was extraordinary. Now he's shockingly average and unbelievably annoying. He was heroic. Now he's nothing. I liked the kid. I hate this character. What I've read about Truffaut's own life has moved me more than this. Nothing is as aggravating to me as squandered talent. This is the worst sequel I have ever seen. It's also an ugly, ugly looking film.
Claudio Carvalho After being discharged from the army for insubordination, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) visits his former girlfriend Christine Darbon (Claude Jade), and her father finds a temporary job of night watchman for Antoine in a hotel. The naive Antoine is deceived by a private eye in his first night shift, and fired on the next morning. The investigator invites the clumsy Antoine to work in his company, where he is assigned for some minor jobs, until he has to investigate why the owner of a shoes store, Mr. Georges Tabard (Michel Lonsdale), is detested by his employees. Meanwhile Antoine falls in love for the gorgeous Mrs. Fabienne Tabard (Delphine Seyrig)."Baisers Volés" is a delightful romantic comedy of François Truffault. Using his alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, this movie pictures the romantic and very funny adventures of this character in Paris with prostitutes, with his girlfriend and with his married passion. The soundtrack, with song "Que reste-t-il de nos amours?" of Léo Chauliac, is simply wonderful. This classic story is still charming and not dated almost forty years later. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Beijos Roubados" ("Stolen Kisses")