François Truffaut Movies

A portray of French actress Françoise Dorléac

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.

Made for Cinéastes de notre temps series. In 1964, several French New Wave auteurs discuss the success and crisis of the wave. Featuring...

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

An avant-garde exploration of the themes of high-art vs. low-art conflict. The film begins with the bleak slideshow of Almaty architecture with the...

A documentary portrait of Carl Th. Dreyer, filmed shortly after the Paris premiere of "Gertrud." Through Dreyer’s own reflections on his films,...

Documentary about the work of Nouvelle Vague actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, with interview clips, film clips and contributions from directors and...

François Truffaut's Stolen Kisses revisited by director Gabrielle Selnet in a one-minute animated film.

The French director is interviewed in this documentary showing the newly celebrated filmmaker discussing his influences and beginnings along with...

Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.

Originally commissioned by Truffaut as part of a series of short films based on Edgar Allen Poe's Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, it would be a...

Manon Tacconi revisits François Truffaut's classic, "The Woman Next Door" in one animated minute.

A man inherits an old house in a very bad condition. With the help of a young mechanic, he begins to renovate this house.

François Truffaut in conversation in 1977 with Richard Roud, then Director of the New York Film Festival.

Episode of the French television series about the work of François Truffaut.

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....

In 1962 while presenting Jules et Jim at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, which earned him the Best Director Award, François...