Love on the Run (1979)
"L'amour en fuite" (original title)

Antoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys ... See full summary »

Director:

François Truffaut

Writers:

François Truffaut (scenario), Marie-France Pisier (scenario),

Stars:

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

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Pierre Léaud	...	Antoine Doinel
Marie-France Pisier	...	Colette Tazzi
Claude Jade	...	Christine Doinel
Dani	...	Liliane
Dorothée	...	Sabine Barnerias
Daniel Mesguich	...	Xavier Barnerias
Julien Bertheau	...	Monsieur Lucien
Jean-Pierre Ducos	...	L'avocat de Christine
Marie Henriau	...	La juge du divorce
Rosy Varte	...	La mère de Colette
Pierre Dios	...	Maître Renard
Alain Ollivier	...	Le juge d' Aix en Provence
Julien Dubois	...	Alphonse Doinel
Monique Dury	...	Madame Ida
Emmanuel Clot	...	Emmanuel

Storyline

Antoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys Antoine's first published autobiographical novel. They meet again in a station...

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Plot Keywords:

love | train | divorce | record | montmartre paris | 

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Genres:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

6 April 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

Love on the Run

Filming Locations:

Rue des Anglais, Paris 5, Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films du Carrosse

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of Antoine Doinel's (Jean Pierre Leaud) book is "Les Salades de L'amour". In Day for Night, a character summarizes Jean Pierre Leaud's character's love life as "Les salades de l'amour" and another follows up with, "That would make a good title of a book."

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Goofs

According to her grave, Antoine Doinel's Mother, Gilberte, died in 1971. According to the conversation Antoine has with her ex-lover five minutes before, she died in 1968 (while Antoine was in the army, in the beginning of "Baisers Volés")

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Connections

Features The 400 Blows (1959)

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Soundtracks

"L'Amour en fuite"
Lyrics by Alain Souchon
Composed by Laurent Voulzy
Performed by Alain Souchon
Editions RCA/Sidonie

User Reviews

A rather unsatisfying end of the Doinel cycle

This is the fifth and last part of Francois Truffauts Antoine Doinel cycle, a biographical movie series about the growing up of a romantic Parisian, played by Jean Pierre Leaud all the time, and all his struggles with love and life which was produced over a period of 20 years.

This last part from 1978 shows us Doinel doing what he's also doing in the previous four parts - falling in love with numerous women, trying to keep up relationships, looking for love, flirting etc. While the first part from 1959 showed us Doinel's childhood in a poor family with a hard and beating father and his longing for respect and love, the following parts are less interesting in my opinion.

The final chapter is rather superfluous, with jokes falling flat, no real script, no suspense or a really interesting story line, and the actors are just running around most of the time. If you have watched the previous Doinel films it might be interesting to see this sequel (which is not really an end), but I suggest you to watch the first Doinel movie "Les 400 coups" ("The 400 Blows") instead, or Truffauts "L'homme qui l'amait les femmes" ("The Man Who Loved Women"), a far more interesting study on love, obsession and fetishism.