Love at Twenty

Love at Twenty

Film poster
Directed by François Truffaut
Andrzej Wajda
Renzo Rossellini
Shintarō Ishihara
Marcel Ophüls
Produced by Pierre Roustang
Written by Shintarô Ishihara
Marcel Ophüls
Renzo Rossellini
Yvon Samuel
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
François Truffaut
Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud
Marie-France Pisier
Music by Georges Delerue
Edited by Claudine Bouché
Release dates
  • 22 June 1962 (1962-06-22)
Running time
120 minutes
Country France
Italy
Japan
Poland
West Germany
Language French
Polish
Japanese
Italian
German
Box office 264,508 admissions (France)[1]

Love at Twenty (French: L'amour à vingt ans, Japanese: Hatachi no koi, Italian: L'amore a vent'anni, German: Liebe mit zwanzig, Polish: Miłość dwudziestolatków) is a 1962 French-produced omnibus project of Pierre Roustang, consisting of five segments directed by five directors from five different countries. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

The first segment, titled Antoine and Colette is by François Truffaut (France) and returns actor Jean-Pierre Léaud to the role of Antoine Doinel, a role he played three years earlier in The 400 Blows and would return to again in 1968 (Stolen Kisses), 1970 (Bed and Board) and 1979 (Love on the Run). It concerns the frustrations of love for the now 17-year-old Doinel and the unresponsive girl he adores.[3] The second segment, the directorial debut of 21-year-old Renzo Rossellini (Italy), son of Roberto Rossellini and later a noted producer himself, tells the story of a tough mistress who loses her lover to an older, wealthier and more-appreciative woman.[4] The third, by Japanese film director Shintarō Ishihara is described as a "weird, grotesque"[3] and "clumsy"[5] tale of obsessive and morbid love. Fourth is Marcel Ophüls (Germany) with a "charming, but somewhat sentimental"[3] story of an unwed mother who contrives to trap the father of her baby. Finally the fifth segment, by Andrzej Wajda (Poland) entitled Warszawa depicts a brief intergenerational liaison based upon multiple misunderstandings.[5] The episodes are tied together with still photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson and a wistful jazz soundtrack by Georges Delerue.

Truffaut's and Wajda's segments (the first and the last, respectively) are considered the highlights of the collection, even though Truffaut has stated he was not happy with the results overall.[6]

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