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Antoine and Colette

1962 · 30 min

A tender, bittersweet slice of youthful longing, observant and warm, with a quiet ache of unrequited love.

Genres
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Tagline
Will Colette ultimately fall for Antoine's romanticism?
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).

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • family
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

In this series

The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Collection

  1. The 400 BlowsMovie · 1959
  2. Antoine and ColetteShort film · 1962 This title
  3. Stolen KissesMovie · 1968
  4. Bed and BoardMovie · 1970
  5. Love on the RunMovie · 1979

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Genres
romance, drama, comedy
Directed by
François Truffaut
Written by
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Starring
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte, François Darbon, Patrick Auffay, Jean-François Adam, Pierre Schaeffer
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
30 min
Country
France
Languages
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