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ANTOINE AND ANTOINETTE
Antoine et Antoinette
Synopsis
Working class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, Antoinette purchases a winning lottery ticket. But when Antoine loses their ticket, their dreams seem like they’ll remain just that.
Synopsis
Working class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, Antoinette purchases a winning lottery ticket. But when Antoine loses their ticket, their dreams seem like they’ll remain just that.
Our take
From French auteur Jacques Becker comes the utterly charming farce Antoine and Antoinette. A working-class romance in the post-war, but also a bitter reflection on life and the (im)possibility of dreams, the film oscillates between Jean Renoir’s 1930s cinema and the upcoming New Wave.