France in 1968 belonged to the student movement and the Red Wave. Godard and them all went to make revolutionary films, but Truffaut made the youth story of a young and helpless little character. The angry boy Antoine has grown up. There is no anger in his eyes, but more sophisticated sleekness that is necessary to survive in the adult world. But even so, he would fall into a self-conscious love, would succumb to the temptation of a middle-aged woman like Mrs. Robinson, and would cruise between the purity of a girl and the flesh of a prostitute. His youth is a bit dissociated, a bit idiot, a bit dull, a bit silly, but under the lens of Truffaut, his youth is real and natural anyway. This is where Truffaut’s charm lies. He is still telling stories. He is not self-obsessed. He is willing to "talk lightly". He is willing to make comedies. He often makes very ordinary works-so you will have a chance of him. A kind of intimacy, a feeling you wouldn't have for a director like Antonioni.
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