Lovely continuation of Antoine's story.

I don't have any sympathy for Antoine in this film. He stalks a woman who never seems especially interested in him, and whom he even admits "isn't his type". He sends her a love letter which she responds to in a way that came across to me as a friendly rejection. He doesn't take the hint and tries to take her against her will, only to be heartbroken when she resists. I don't much like Colette either, but I can at least understand where she's coming from.

Not as funny as baisers volés, but equally entertaining. The voice-over part worked really well.

Not much to say except Collete is a coldhearted bitch. Also there' s a really great mirror shot.

The legacy of Antoine Doinel continues in this second film with the same gut-hitting truth. 400 Blows defined youth with such a perfectly honest quality, and the same is done here for young romance. The frustration that Antoine encounters when he thinks he's done everything right is simply and magnificently human. The final scene of Antoine awkwardly consigned to his evening spent with Colette's parents is uniquely profound.

Worth a look.

Good Short

Not a worldbeater, but sweet and pleasant

Painful yet beautiful.

That's one good short!

A fitting follow-up to The 400 Blows. Very romantic and nostalgic, with a charming performance from Jean-Pierre Leaud. Colette is the most interesting (if not the nicest) of all the women Antoine eventually falls in love with.

We can see that you don´t need two hours to tell a great story. That´s a film where the delights and pains of love are shown in a poetic and beautiful way.

aww

Antoine falls for a cold teenage Parisian enchantress. I love the scene where he gives her the French maul in the theatre. Dude went for it -- gotta give him that.

#1181 - 09 agustos 10, silivride & truffaut, basarili bir hikaye anlatmak icin 2 saate ihtiyaci olmadigini kanitlayarak ortaya cok naif ve onemli bir film cikarmis. evet, 20'li yaslarda asik olmak boyledir. (bunu soylerken 17 yasindayim)

Antoine et Colette portrays a wise understanding of the pains and joys of human life, contrasting the revelatory influx of emotion to a general loner's life with the pain of rejection when such feelings aren't reciprocated. Aesthetically lush, it also proves that romantic comedy needn't want for intellectual prowess. Quietly compelling.

You destroyed a mattress! I feel like nobody was looking, there were rats in the basement of the barn of the turkey-cramps