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Antoine and Colette

Antoine and Colette

Will Colette ultimately fall for Antoine's romanticism?

19627.20h 30m

Overview

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).

Directed by François Truffaut
Written by François Truffaut
Produced by Pierre Roustang
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Top Cast

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Antoine Doinel

Marie-France Pisier

Marie-France Pisier

Colette

Rosy Varte

Rosy Varte

Colette's Mother

François Darbon

François Darbon

Colette's Stepfather

Patrick Auffay

Patrick Auffay

René Bigey

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Jean-François Adam

Albert Tazzi

Pierre Schaeffer

Pierre Schaeffer

Pierre Schaeffer

Themes & Keywords

individualadolescenceconcertlovesicknessparis, franceparent child relationshipshort film

About Antoine and Colette

Antoine and Colette is a romance, drama, comedy film released in 1962 exploring themes of individual, adolescence, concert, lovesickness, paris, france, parent child relationship. Directed by François Truffaut, it stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte. 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).

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