
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five films. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, Truffaut was one of the most influential figures of the French New Wave, inspiring directors such as Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 4.191 |
Birthday | 1932-02-06 |
Place of Birth | Paris, France |
Also Known As | 프랑수아 트뤼포, 弗朗索瓦·特吕弗, 프랑소와 트뤼포, |

1970

Bed and Board
7.167/276
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers an...
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Bed and Board

1970

The Wild Child
7.1/287
In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor n...
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The Wild Child

1976

Small Change
7.1/140
Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakenin...
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Small Change

1973

Day for Night
7.8/600
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
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Day for Night

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.3/4266
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is abou...
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1978

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
0/0
A documentary interview with the French actress while on the sets of films in production. Several of the directors for whom she has made films are als...
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Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness

2009

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
0/0
Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film "Notorious."
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Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

1999

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
6.5/4
When Francois Truffaut approached Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 with the idea of having a long conversation with him about his work and publishing this in...
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Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

1973

Omnibus: François Truffaut
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Omnibus: François Truffaut

1978

The Green Room
6.5/76
A WWI veteran decides to build a memorial to all of the people who have mattered to him but are now dead.
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The Green Room

2021

Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
8/1
1951. André Bazin and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze founded "Cahiers du cinéma". With contributions from self-taught filmmakers (Jean-Luc Godard, François T...
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Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte

2021

Sous le soleil de Pialat
5.3/3
In just ten films, Maurice Pialat painfully rose to the top of the cinema, draining into his legend a mad demand for truth as much as memorable fury t...
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Sous le soleil de Pialat

2010

Two in the Wave
6.3/19
An in-depth analysis of the relationship between New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through rare archival footage, inter...
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Two in the Wave

2023

Godard Cinema
6.4/8
Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol fo...
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Godard Cinema

1992

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
2/2
An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the...
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Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

1975

The Story of Adele H.
6.838/210
Adèle Hugo, daughter of renowned French writer Victor Hugo, falls in love with British soldier Albert Pinson while living in exile off the coast of En...
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The Story of Adele H.

2009

Looking for Truffaut
7/1
Documentary about François Truffaut who is one of the most respected directors in the history of cinema.
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Looking for Truffaut

1975

I'm a Stranger Here Myself
6.4/5
A portrait of legendary filmmaker Nicholas Ray while he is working as a film professor at a college in upstate New York.
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself

2023

Godard by Godard
7.8/4
Godard by Godard is an archival self-portrait of Jean-Luc Godard. It retraces the unique and unheard-of path, made up of sudden detours and dramatic r...
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Godard by Godard

1966

Carl Th. Dreyer
6.6/11
A documentary about the famous Danish film director Carl Th. Dreyer, made a few years before he died. In this film Dreyer tells about the style in his...
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Carl Th. Dreyer

2023

Passion Fanny Ardant
8/3
A portrait of the famous French actress Fanny Ardant, who has worked with great figures of cinema such as Agnès Varda, Alain Resnais, Michelangelo Ant...
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Passion Fanny Ardant

2023

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
7.3/5
She worked with the world’s greatest actors and directors: Buñuel, Mastroianni, Lellouche, Depardieu... The film guides us throughout her career with...
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Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

1964

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
6/1
Made for Cinéastes de notre temps series. In 1964, several French New Wave auteurs discuss the success and crisis of the wave. Featuring Claude Chabro...
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La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

2006

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
7/1
Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".
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Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'

1959

The 400 Blows
8/2165
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful par...
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The 400 Blows

2016

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
7.5/4
An inquiry into two of the most influencial French filmakers friendship and feud.
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Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

2004

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
6/1
Written and directed by Hitchcock historian Noël Simsolo, this 2004 French television documentary explores the earliest years of Alfred Hitchcock's fi...
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Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

2015

Hitchcock/Truffaut
7.3/240
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and pu...
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Hitchcock/Truffaut

2000

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
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Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

1996

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
7.7/3
A fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.
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François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child

1996

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
7.7/3
A fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.
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François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death

2020

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
6/1
"I only film people who are always active. Even if their activity is strange, weird." The activity François Truffaut talks about here is love. Romanti...
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François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !

1970

Langlois
4.5/2
Documentary portrait of Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française.
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Langlois

1977

The Man Who Loved Women
7.135/193
At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by...
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The Man Who Loved Women

1962

Los 4 Golpes
5.438/8
In 1962, François Truffaut visited the Mar del Plata Film Festival to present his competition in the brand-new Jules and Jim. At that stage of the Fes...
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Los 4 Golpes

1967

The Birth of Children of Paradise
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Documentary about the making of Marcel Carne's 1945 film Children of Paradise (France), interviewing the director, the actors and production designer,...
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The Birth of Children of Paradise

1965

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
6/1
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Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

1961

Portrait of François Truffaut
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The French director is interviewed in this documentary showing the newly celebrated filmmaker discussing his influences and beginnings along with "Les...
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Portrait of François Truffaut

1970

Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films
0/0
Episode of the French television series about the work of François Truffaut.
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Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films

1968

Postface à l’Atalante
0/0
An interview with François Truffaut on the cinema of Jean Vigo.
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Postface à l’Atalante

2012

To Be... A Classic
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Film historian/professor at UCLA Janet Bergstrom and Positif journalist N.T. Bihn discuss To Be or Not to Be and Ernst Lubitsch's career and legacy. T...
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To Be... A Classic

1960

The Army Game
5.1/9
Jean Lerat begins his military service at an army camp. Despite his aunt’s attempts to pull a few strings to his advantage, the unfortunate Lerat mana...
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The Army Game

2014

François Truffaut l'insoumis
5.7/3
This portrait of the world-famous French director based on his personal correspondance reveals the little known insurgent side of his personnality. Fe...
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François Truffaut l'insoumis

1993

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
5.1/7
Twenty-six people - including two daughters, an ex-wife, his last lover, actors, fellow directors and writers, a neighbor, and boyhood friends - talk...
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François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

2019

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
6/3
Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow. O...
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André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

1963

Take It All
5.3/9
A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young intellectual...
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Take It All

1964

The Soft Skin
7.2/199
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He starts a love affair with air hostess...
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The Soft Skin

1971

Two English Girls
6.9/147
At the beginning of the 20th century, Claude Roc, a young middle-class Frenchman, befriends Ann, an Englishwoman. While spending time in England with...
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Two English Girls

2016

Vadim Mister Cool
6.2/5
As a poster boy for hedonism, his whole life was one big party. A journalist, filmmaker, director, producer, actor, novelist, ladies' man and prolific...
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Vadim Mister Cool

2020

Les secrets de François Truffaut
8/2
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Les secrets de François Truffaut

1994

The Secret of the Wild Child
8/18
A documentary about Genie, who spent the first thirteen years of her life imprisoned in her bedroom by her father, with her arms and legs immobilized.
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The Secret of the Wild Child

2018

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
7/5
An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of the most idolized French movie stars.
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Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

2009

On the Trail of the New Wave
0/0
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On the Trail of the New Wave

1956

The Kreutzer Sonata
5.9/19
Some time after marrying a sensual girl, Pozdnychev realizes the only link to his spouse is that of physical love. When a violinist with whom his wife...
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The Kreutzer Sonata

1997

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
7/1
Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.
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Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo

1995

The World of Jacques Demy
6.5/13
Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.
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The World of Jacques Demy

2017

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
7.3/6
The gripping story of legendary American actor John Travolta: his rise to stardom in the 1970s; his agonizing fall in disgrace in the 1980s; and his s...
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John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

2010

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
7.3/3
Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and she occupies a special place in our imagination....
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Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

1956

Fool’s Mate
6.6/25
Claire is a chic young Parisian woman married to a somewhat older husband, Jean As the story opens, she leaves her husband playing baroque music at th...
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Fool’s Mate

2018

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
6/1
A portray of French actress Françoise Dorléac
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Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

2021

Jim Morrison: The End
7/6
Paris, Rue Beautreillis, July 3, 1971. The corpse of rock star Jim Morrison is found in a bathtub, in the apartment of his girlfriend Pamela Courson....
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Jim Morrison: The End

2019

When Hitchcock met O'Casey
0/0
It was a collaboration between one of Ireland’s most noted playwrights and cinema’s greatest directors, yet the 1930 release of Juno and the Paycock i...
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When Hitchcock met O'Casey

2024

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
7.7/3
At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his l...
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