Adventures of Antoine Doinel

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: French, Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion Collection (Firm) ; 185.Publication details: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2003.Edition: WidescreenDescription: 5 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (72 pages)Content type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1559409339
9781559409339

Subject(s):

Contents:

Les quatre cents coups = The 400 blows / adaptation, François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy -- Antoine & Colette / written by François Truffaut -- Baisers volés = Stolen kisses ; Domicile conjugal = Bed & board / written by François Truffaut, Claude de Givray, and Bernard Revon -- L'amour en fuite = Love on the run / written by François Truffaut ... [et al.] -- Les salades de l'amour : the supplements.

Production credits:

Various personal production credits.

Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud ... [et al.].Summary: Collection of films directed by François Truffaut about the fictional character Antoine Doinel.Summary: The 400 blows (1959, 99 min): recreates the trials of Turffaut's childhood, portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime.Summary: Antoine and Colette (1962, 30 min): catches up with Antoine Doinel as a solitary 17-year-old who works at Phillips manufacturing LPs to support himself.Summary: Stolen Kisses (1968, 91 min): The mischevious and perpetually love-struck Doinel has been dishonorably discharged from the military and released onto the streets of Paris, where he stumbles into the unlikely profession of private detective and embarks on a series of misadventures.Summary: Bed and Board ( 1970, 97 min): Expecting his first child and still struggling to find steady employment, Doinel involves himself in a relationship with a beautiful Japanese woman that threatens to destroy his marriage.Summary: Love on the Run ( 1979, 95 min): The newly-single Doinel finds a new object of his affections in Sabine, a record store salesgirl whom he pursues with the fervid belief that without love, one is nothing. Along the way, he renews his acquaintance with previous loves and confronts his own chaotic past.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0563 "v. 1" (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	16050094640
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0563 v.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	16050158398
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0563 "v. 3" (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	16050158401
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0563 "v. 4" (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	16050158428
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0563 "v. 5" (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	16050158436
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0563 Booklet (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	16050158444

Originally released as original motion pictures, 1959-1979.

Features: two commentaries for The 400 blows, interviews with Truffaut and his collaborators chronicling the Doinel saga, includes Les mistons, theatrical trailers, booklet, scene selection.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, Dolby digital stereo., mono.

For private home use only.

In French and some Japanese with English subtitles.

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