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Two Short Films by François Truffaut (Les Mistons / Antoine et Colette)

starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay, Bernadette Lafont, Gerard Blanc
directed by: Francois Truffaut

: Two Short Films by François Truffaut (Les Mistons / Antoine et Colette)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781572526051
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 157252605X
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Release Date: September 07, 1999
Running Time: 47 minutes
Sales Rank: 79606
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: February 06, 1963



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François Truffaut's 1957 short 'Les Mistons' (roughly translated to 'The Brats') is an early testament to Truffaut's affinity with kids and his first exploration of impossible love. Five boys palling around one summer fall for a teen beauty, but as the narrator (one of the five) describes, 'Too young to love Bernadette, we decided to hate her--and torment her.' These adolescent boys are neither cute nor innocent, but Truffaut sympathizes with the frustration born of budding hormones and sexual mystery. In 1962, he revisited similar territory in the sketch 'Antoine and Collette.' The second film to feature alter ego Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), it was originally made for the omnibus film Love at Twenty but has outlived its companion shorts. As romantic and gently ironic as The 400 Blows is harsh and haunting, this modest 20-minute lark finds a teenage Antoine pursuing the lovely, lithe 20-year-old Colette (Marie-France Pisier) like a lovesick puppy dog. The comic sweetness of this episode sets the tone for all future Doinel films, and Léaud, who matured into the poster boy for the French new wave, displays the lanky charm and self-effacing egotism that propelled him through some of the greatest films of the next two decades. --Sean Axmaker



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - MYSTERY GIRLS
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