The Antoine Doinel cycle

Love on the Run

L’ Amour en fuite

Now a novelist, Antoine Doinel encounters the erstwhile girl-of-his-dreams, with intriguing consequences.

Image: Dominique Le Rigoleur

  • Director

    François Truffaut

  • With

    Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade, Dani

  • France 1979. 94min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    12A

  • English subtitles

Separated from Christine, uncertain about his latest relationship, and employed at a printing factory, Antoine has finally written a novel inspired by his own experiences. By chance he encounters erstwhile girl-of-his-dreams Colette (Pisier), now a lawyer with her own professional and emotional problems, and they compare notes... An intriguing, insightful look at the relationships between life and art, responsibility and trust.

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