Love on the Run is the final film in the Antoine Doinel series, and is as much a nostalgic trip through the evolution of Francois Truffaut's seminal character (provided via numerous flashbacks), as it is a fitting conclusion.
Antoine (Jean-Pierre Leaud) is now in is thirties, and is freshly divorced from his wife Christine (Claude Jade). He works as a proof reader and is in a rocky relationship with record seller Sabine (Dorothee). A chance encounter with his first love Collette (Marie-France Pisier) forces Antoine to examine the relationships with all of the women in his life.
Love on the Run is perhaps the most interesting of the Doinel sequels, since the film focuses just as much on the women who have inhabited and help shape his life than it does of Antoine himself. Of particular interest is his relationship with his mother, which re-surfaces after Antoine runs into an old friend of his mothers, and culminates when Antoine visits his mother's grave for the first time. It becomes apparent that all of the women in Antoine's life have been - in one way or another - a substitute for Antoine's mother, yet none could fill that void missing in his life.
The performances on hand are very good, especially from Marie-France Pisier who reprises the role of Collette, and the always solid Claude Jade.
The film -and thus the series - ends on a happy note for Antoine, but one can't help but wonder if his dependence for chaos will be kept in check, or if it will continue to disrupt his life. Sadly, the latter seems to make more sense.