Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

The 400 Blows

1959

French

♡ 55

99%

François Truffaut Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel

François Truffaut as Man in Funfair

Jean-Luc Godard as Overheard Man

Jeanne Moreau as Woman with Dog

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.

Bed & Board

1970

French

♡ 18

75%

François Truffaut Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel

Claude Jade as Christine Darbon Doinel

François Truffaut as Le marchand de journaux

Barbara Laage as Monique, la secrétaire

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.

Love on the Run

1979

French

♡ 7

62%

François Truffaut Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel

Marie-France Pisier as Colette Tazzi

Christian Lentretien as Le dragueur du train

Roland Thénot as L'homme en colère au téléphone

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.

Stolen Kisses

1968

French

♡ 13

97%

François Truffaut Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel

Catherine Lutz as Catherine

Marie-France Pisier as Colette Tazzi

Pascale Dauman as La Parisienne suivie dans la rue

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.