Love on the Run (1979 film)


Love on the Run is a 1979 French comedy-drama film directed by François Truffaut. It is Truffaut's fifth and final film about the character Antoine Doinel. A significant portion of the film is made up of selected clips from the previous films in the series. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival.

Plot

In the previous Antoine Doinel film, Bed and Board, the marriage between Antoine and Christine had survived Antoine's infidelity.
Love on the Run is set eight years later when Antoine is over thirty. Having an affair with Christine's friend Liliane and divorced Christine, he gets a job as a proofreader, and falls in love with Sabine, a record seller. He also writes an autobiographical novel. He meets Colette, his teenage love who had appeared in Antoine and Colette, and who is now a lawyer. They impulsively go on a train journey and read Antoine's novel. However, later follows a meeting between Colette and Christine: His romance with Sabine is as complicated and unstable, and it turns out that two of his former flames, Christine and Colette, play a pivotal role in helping him find happiness.

Reception

The film holds a rating of 67% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Cast