Stolen Kisses / Baisés volés

The fourth film of our 2024 French Film Festival is ♦️ Stolen Kisses ♦️

How can I watch?

Join us in The Multicultural Center at Los Angeles Pierce College on Thursday, March 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Free admission!

What’s the film about?

Discharged from the army as unfit, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) seeks out his sweetheart, violinist Christine Darbon (Claude Jade). He has written to her voluminously (but, she says, not always nicely) while in the military. Their relationship is tentative and unresolved. Christine is away skiing with friends when Antoine arrives, and her parents must entertain him themselves, though glad to see him. After she learns that Antoine has returned from military service, Christine goes to greet him at his new job as a hotel night clerk. It is a promising sign that perhaps this time, the romance will turn out happily for Antoine. He is, however, quickly fired from the hotel job. Counting the army, Antoine loses three jobs in the film, and is clearly destined to lose a fourth, all symbolic of his general difficulty with finding his identity and “fitting in.”

A trailer for the film can be found by clicking this link. 

Followed by a Q&A with Prof. Kenneth Windrum, Department of Media Arts.

If you need an accommodation due to a disability to participate in the French Film Festival, please contact Prof. Denis R. Pra at pradr@piercecollege.edu or 818-710-2257, at least 5 business days in advance.