François Truffaut Movies

Claire is a chic young Parisian woman married to a somewhat older husband, Jean. Claire meets her lover, Claude, at his apartment, where he gifts her...

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.

Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow....

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...

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 life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.

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

A group of educators led by Fernand Deligny are working to create contact with autistic children in a hamlet of the Cevennes.

Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".

A young woman wins a typing contest and sets off to work in Paris.

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

A portrait of legendary filmmaker Nicholas Ray while he is working as a film professor at a college in upstate New York.

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...

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...

A young woman tries to go to Paris, but her garden and the whole village is flooded with water.

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

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

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...

It was a collaboration between one of Ireland’s most noted playwrights and cinema’s greatest directors, yet the 1930 release of Juno and...