The Adventures of Antoine Doinel: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Oh, I lie now and then, I suppose. Sometimes I'd tell them the truth and they still wouldn't believe me, so I prefer to lie."''|'''Antoine Doinel''', ''The 400 Blows''}}

 

* '''Love on the Run:''' Antoine is now in his thirties. At the beginning of the film, he has finalized his divorce from Christine, published a successful novel, and seen the reappearance of an old friend, all of which prompt him to [[Clip Show|reflect back on his life.]] Still a light, fluffy romance, but a little more sober than the previous films. Truffaut made this as a definitive end to Antoine's adventures.

 

* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Particularly cruel version from Truffaut's The 400 Blows: Once Antoine's parents learn that he's been skipping school, they decide to punish him in the most humiliating way imaginable to a preteen boy—by going down to school, storming into his classroom, slapping him in front of all his classmates, and letting him (and everyone else in the room) know, in no uncertain terms, that there's more to come once he gets home. They then leave him to stew in terror and suspense for the rest of the school day.

* [[Author Avatar]]: Little Antoine's story was based off Truffaut's childhood experiences, but Antoine's adulthood is fictional. In-universe, Antoine writes a novel which is very close to a word-for-word autobiography.