Love on the Run

Love on the Run

Directed by François Truffaut • 1979 • France
Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade

Antoine Doinel strikes again! In the final chapter of François Truffaut’s saga, we find Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), now in his thirties, convivially concluding his marriage, enjoying moderate success as a novelist, and clinging to his romantic fantasies. 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. In LOVE ON THE RUN, Antoine Doinel is still in love and because he’s still in love, he’s still alive.

Love on the Run
  • Love on the Run

    Directed by François Truffaut • 1979 • France
    Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade

    Antoine Doinel strikes again! In the final chapter of François Truffaut’s saga, we find Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), now in his thirties, convivially concluding his marriage, enjoying modera...

Extras

  • François Truffaut and Marie-France Pisier on LOVE ON THE RUN

    The following interview is excerpted from a 1979 episode of the television show “Les Rendez-vous du dimanche” (directed by Rémy Grumbach). Director François Truffaut and actress/cowriter Marie-France Pisier talk to host Michael Drucker about their working styles and their feelings about LOVE ON T...

  • Closing the Doinel Cycle

    In the following interview, excerpted from a 1980 episode of the television show “Cinescope” (directed by Thierry Michel), director François Truffaut tells host René Michelems his misgivings about LOVE ON THE RUN, the finale to the Doinel series, and his feelings about Jean-Pierre Léaud and Antoi...