Antoine Doinel (French: [ɑ̃twan dwanɛl]) is a fictional character created by François Truffaut (1932–1984) and portrayed by actor Jean-Pierre Léaud (b.

Doinel is to a great extent an alter ego for Truffaut; they share many of the same childhood experiences, look somewhat alike and are even mistaken for one another on the street.

Doinel's lover and later wife, Christine Darbon, was portrayed by Claude Jade in three films: Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board and Love on the Run.

The 1959 film introduces us to the 14-year-old Doinel, a troubled Parisian boy who skips school, eventually turning to street life and petty crime in response to neglect at home by his parents.

He embarks on unstable romantic forays with Christine (Claude Jade), and then his boss's wife (Delphine Seyrig as Fabienne Tabard).

Doinel's adventures come to a close in 1979's Love on the Run, where his romantic attentions shift from his ex-wife Christine to vinyl record seller Sabine Barnerias (Dorothée).

In Antoine and Colette and Love on the Run, flashbacks to Doinel's earlier life consist of footage from the previous films.

In the film Love on the Run, Antoine and Christine were the first couple in the country to divorce under a new law allowing dissolution of a marriage by mutual consent.

The lead roles of Jean-Pierre Léaud and Claude Jade were played by Adrien Drumel (Antoine) and Sarah Lefèvre (Christine).