François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

May 16, 2024

1h 38m

★ 6.9

Overview

At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his long agony. The filmmaker confided in his friend Claude de Givray, with the intention of writing his autobiography. Too weakened, he abandoned the project. The film reveals part of this final story.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

CNC

MK2 Films

France.tv Studio

10.7 Productions

Angoa-Agicoa

INA

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

François Truffaut

Self

Brigitte Fossey

Self (archive footage)

Steven Spielberg

Self (archive footage)

Charles Denner

Narrator (voice)

Isabelle Huppert

François Truffaut (voice)

Louis Garrel

Roland Truffaut (voice)

Pascal Greggory

Henri-Pierre Roché (voice)

André Dussollier

Helen Hessel (voice)

Barbara Sukowa

Jean Genet (voice)

Clément Dupeux

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