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Francois Truffaut

Francois Truffaut


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  • The Wild Child
  • The Wild Child review by A customer from UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars Customer Review 23 June 2008
    ...ised the source of my "I've seen him before" reaction to the man playing Itard. Francois Truffaut! He also wrote and directed this version of (part) of the story of a teacher of...   Read customer review
  • Day for Night
  • Day for Night review by from Glasgow, Scotland
    Rated - 5.0 stars The many layers of reality 10 November 2005
    ...ls that films are not made by directors or 'auteurs' after all. Since this is a Francois Truffaut film (he of 'Cahiers du Cinema' fame and the whole auteur / director as God mov...   Read customer review

Francois Truffaut - filmography


  • Two In The Wave on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jean-Luc Godard,  Francois Truffaut
    Director: Emmanuel Laurent
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Two in the Wave is the story of a friendship. Jean-Luc Godard was born in 1930; Francois Truffaut two years later. Love of movies brings them together. They write in the same magazines, Cahiers du Cinema and Arts. When the younger of the two becomes a filmmaker with "The 400 Blows", which triumphs ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 115 members
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  • The Woman Next Door on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Gerard Depardieu,  Fanny Ardant
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Bernard Coudray has established a comfortable and settled existence near Grenoble with his wife and child. However, everything begins to disintegrate when the house next door to the Coudrays' is purchased by Mathilde and Philippe Bauchard. Many years ago, Bernard and Mathilde had a tortuous love ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 472 members
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  • The Last Metro on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Gerard Depardieu,  Catherine Deneuve,  Stephane Audran
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Francois Truffaut, whose DAY FOR NIGHT explored the world of filmmaking, now turns to the stage in this story of a small theatre company during the German occupation of France. Marion Steiner (Catherine Deneuve), the theatre's owner, is desperately trying to keep both the troupe and Lucas (Heinz ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,073 members
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  • Love On The Run on DVD (1979)
    Starring: jean-Pierre Leaud,  Marie-France Pisier,  Claude Jade
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    L'Amour en Fuite (Love on the Run) is presented in flashbacks from the previous four movies as Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) meets up with people from his past. As the fifth and final film in the series, Antoine is over 30 years old and meets with his wife, Christine (Claude Jade), to sign the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 380 members
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  • Pocket Money on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Pascale Bruchon,  Claudio De Luca,  Franck Deluca
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A thoroughly charming French film following a couple of children who lead a pint-sized pack of tykes on various adventures through the village of Thiers. The myriad emotions of childhood are explored, although it takes the misdemeanours of one particular boy to catch attention of the village's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 384 members
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  • The Story Of Adele H on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Isabelle Adjani,  Bruce Robinson,  Sylvia Marriott
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    French actress Isabelle Adjani was nominated for best actress for her portrayal of an obsessed and obstinate young woman in love. The daughter of author Victor Hugo, Adele abandons her home and her life to pursue a soldier who does not return her love. A moody, contemplative and visually beautiful ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 743 members
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  • Day for Night (1973)
    Starring: Jacqueline Bisset,  Valentina Cortese,  Dani
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An English stuntman arrives to do a car crash sequence. Liliane falls for him and Alphonse is abandoned. The director explains that the crash is to be in "la nuit Americaine" - that is simulated night filmed in the daytime by use of filters. The rejected Alphonse wants to leave the film but is ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 181 members
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  • Fahrenheit 451 on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Oskar Werner,  Cyril Cusack,  Anton Diffring
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In a dark futuristic world, literature, reading, and independent thought have been outlawed. The government has gone so far as to employ a special league of firemen to burn all books on sight. But when one otherwise obedient fireman meets an intriguing revolutionary, she provokes him to question ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,278 members
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  • The Soft Skin on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Jean Desailly,  Francoise Dorleac,  Nelly Benedetti
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    THE SOFT SKIN, from one of the New Wave's most prolific directors, Francois Truffaut, is a brilliant classic replete with intrigue, emotion, and stunning imagery. This anatomy of an affair between successful publisher and novelist Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly), and airline stewardess Nicole (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 1,061 member
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  • Jules Et Jim on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Oskar Werner,  Jeanne Moreau,  Henri Serre
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Possibly the most acclaimed of Truffaut's films, 'Jules et Jim' tells of two men in love with a capricious, amoral woman. The photography highlights some of Europe's most stunning locations, from Paris to the Austrian Alps
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 7,329 members
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  • Shoot The Piano Player on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Charles Aznavour,  Marie Dubois,  Nicola Berger
    Director: Francois Truffaut
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The opening of Shoot the Piano Player, François Truffaut's second feature film, is one of the signal moments of the French New Wave--an inspired intersection of grim fatality and happy accident, location shooting and lurid melodrama, movie convention and frowzy, uncontainable life. A man runs ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,095 member
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Francois Truffaut facts

5 most recent films

Two In The Wave - 3.0 stars
Confidentially Yours - 3.5 stars
Finally, Sunday! - 3.5 stars
The Woman Next Door - 3.0 stars
The Last Metro - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Day for Night - 4.0 stars
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The 400 Blows - 3.5 stars
Shoot The Piano Player - 3.5 stars
Stolen Kisses - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Story Of Adele H - 3.0 stars
Mississippi Mermaid - 3.0 stars
Anne And Muriel - 3.0 stars
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me - 3.0 stars
The Man Who Loved Women - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

jean-Pierre Leaud - 5 times - show films
Claude Jade - 3 times - show films
Fanny Ardant - 3 times - show films
Charles Denner - 3 times - show films
Catherine Deneuve - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

François Truffaut - 2 times - show films
Steven Spielberg - 2 times - show films
Emmanuel Laurent - 1 times - show films