I Don't Kiss
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| Directed by | André Téchiné |
| Written by | Isabelle Coudrier-Kleist Michel Grisolia Jacques Nolot André Téchiné |
| Starring | Manuel Blanc Philippe Noiret Emmanuelle Béart Hélène Vincent |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
| Edited by | Claudine Merlin Edith Vassard |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Distributed by | BAC Films |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $3.5 million |
I Don't Kiss (French: J'embrasse pas) is a 1991 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Manuel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart and Philippe Noiret. The plot follows a young man who leaves his provincial home in the Pyrenees, going to Paris, hoping to become an actor. A promising beginning is followed by disillusionment and he ends on the street as a prostitute. The film is a grim, melancholic portrait of a young man searching and failing to find meaning in his life. The film had a total of 472,187 admissions in France.