Release Date

14 May, 1993

Runtime

01:28: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Documentary overview of the life of French filmmaker François Truffaut.

Twenty-six people - including two daughters, an ex-wife, his last lover, actors, fellow directors and writers, a neighbor, and boyhood friends - talk about François Truffaut. They discuss his attitudes toward wealth, his early writings about cinema, the undercurrent of violence in his films and his personality, the way he used and altered events in his life when making films, his search for a father (both artistic and biological), his relationship with his mother, the scenes in his films that cause a squirm of embarrassment, and his ultimate mysticism. Clips from a dozen of his films are included.

Original Title

François Truffaut: Portraits volés

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Actors

François Truffaut

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Olivier Assayas

Claude Chabrol

Marcel Ophüls

Éric Rohmer

Alexandre Astruc

Bertrand Tavernier

Jeanne Moreau

Fanny Ardant

Catherine Deneuve

Nathalie Baye

Marie-France Pisier

Gérard Depardieu

Crew

Michel Pascal

Serge Toubaina

Jean-Yves Le Mener

Maurice Fellous

Michel Sourioux

Monique Annaud

Vincent Arnardi