François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

Documentary overview of the life of French filmmaker François Truffaut.

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19931h 28m

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.

Cast

Photo of François Truffaut

François Truffaut

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Marcel Ophüls

Marcel Ophüls

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Self (archive footage)

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