François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
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“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.
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Cast
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François Truffaut
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Wild Child
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Self (archive footage)
Known for
The 400 Blows
Masculin Féminin
Monique Annaud
Michel Pascal
Also in
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Starmania : Mogador 1994
Olivier Assayas
Self
Serge Toubiana
Also in
Michael Haneke Interview
Perfect Love
Catherine Siriez
Also in
Le Jeune Fabre
Tortilla y Cinema
Claude Chabrol
Self (archive footage)
Known for
The Day of the Crows
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
Bertrand Van Effenterre
Marcel Ophüls
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
Liberty Belle
Jean Aurel
Jean Aurel
Éric Rohmer
Self
Known for
The Marquise of O
Michel Pascal Director · Serge Toubiana Director Jean-Yves Le Mener Cinematographer
United States release October 1, 1993 · Produced in France · Production StudioCanal, Chrysalide Film
Production
Chrysalide Films
Production
StudioCanal
Production
Chrysalide Film
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
Maecenas Film- und Fernseh GmbH
Production
France
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Original title
François Truffaut: Portraits volés
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 14, 1993
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1993
Chicago International Film Festival
Japan
January 21, 1995
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