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With: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Delphine Seyrig, Claude Jade, Michael Lonsdale, Harry-Max, André Falcon, Daniel Ceccaldi, Claire Duhamel, Catherine Lutz, Martine Ferrière, Jacques Rispal, Serge Rousseau, Paul Pavel, François Darbon, Albert Simono
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Written by: François Truffaut
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Directed by: François Truffaut
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MPAA Rating: R
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Language: French, with English subtitles
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Running Time: 90
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Date: 08/14/1968
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The Book of Doniel
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Perhaps François Truffaut's most personal achievement is the five-film cycle that follows the life and times of Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), loosely based on Truffaut's own troubled childhood and uncertain later years. Antoine isn't a bad kid, but he always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The ultimate Doniel film has to be Stolen Kisses, a superb, lighthearted look at a 20-something Doniel who gets thrown out of the army, lands a job as a detective and has an affair with an older, married woman. Truffaut holds the film's tone perfectly throughout, and it emerges as one of his very best films. It's also avaialble in a beautiful Criterion DVD box set containing all five Doinel films.
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