Curiously and unusually, instead of a full-length movie, Monsieur Truffaut made a short out of the 2nd film about Antoine Doinel. The following 3 sequels are full-length movies and colored, while this one is still in black and white. In all of the 5 movies, Antoine Doinel is portrayed by Jean Pierre-Léaud.
This one takes place 3 years after the events of the original. Antoine Doinel is now 17 years old, lives alone, has a passion for music (especially opera and classical music) and a job: he manufactures LPs at Phillips. His friend René, from 'The 400 Blows', is back and still portrayed by Patrick Auffay. Antoine and René are still great friends.
Antoine experiences for the first time what it's like to be in love. He falls in love with a girl named Colette who, unlike him, is still a student. Colette has a nice family who supports both her and Antoine. However, his happiness doesn't last, as Colette obviously doesn't love him.
Like 'The 400 Blows', this 'Antoine et Colette' is also an autobiographical work for Truffaut, based on events of his own life at the age of 17.
Overall, a decent sequel to 'The 400 Blows', although naturally not as good. Even though I like 'The 400 Blows' much better, there's nothing overly negative to criticize about this follow-up, except for one small detail: René said a few times he was in love with his cousin. I hope I have misunderstood what I thought I heard. Wasn't that practice banned like centuries ago? I can't imagine such thing still happening in 1962.
This one takes place 3 years after the events of the original. Antoine Doinel is now 17 years old, lives alone, has a passion for music (especially opera and classical music) and a job: he manufactures LPs at Phillips. His friend René, from 'The 400 Blows', is back and still portrayed by Patrick Auffay. Antoine and René are still great friends.
Antoine experiences for the first time what it's like to be in love. He falls in love with a girl named Colette who, unlike him, is still a student. Colette has a nice family who supports both her and Antoine. However, his happiness doesn't last, as Colette obviously doesn't love him.
Like 'The 400 Blows', this 'Antoine et Colette' is also an autobiographical work for Truffaut, based on events of his own life at the age of 17.
Overall, a decent sequel to 'The 400 Blows', although naturally not as good. Even though I like 'The 400 Blows' much better, there's nothing overly negative to criticize about this follow-up, except for one small detail: René said a few times he was in love with his cousin. I hope I have misunderstood what I thought I heard. Wasn't that practice banned like centuries ago? I can't imagine such thing still happening in 1962.