The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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A persuasively charming comedy.
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Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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A movie so full of love that to define it may make it sound like a religious experience, which, of course, it is -- but in a wonderfully unorthodox, cockeyed way.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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The slice-of-life pic also has neat slices of observation, tasteful presentation and easeful acting that avoid banality.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
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One of Truffaut's best, lyrical and resonant in a way the later films in the cycle would not be.