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François Truffaut

François Truffaut

French film director (1932-1984)
February 6, 1932 (October 21, 1984)
Runtime: 125 min.
Runtime: 116 min.

The Little Thief

V.O.: La Petite Voleuse
Fr. 1988. Mores drama by Claude Miller with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bezace, Simon de La Brosse. In the 1950s, a vulnerable teenage girl leaves her family to lead a life of freedom, which lands her in reform school.
Runtime: 110 min.

Confidentially Yours

V.O.: Vivement dimanche
Fr. 1983. Police comedy by François Truffaut with Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach. A sassy secretary embarks on an investigation to save her boss who is accused of a double murder.
Runtime: 111 min.

The Woman Next Door

V.O.: La Femme d'à côté
Fr. 1981. Psychological drama by François Truffaut with Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Véronique Silver. Unbeknownst to their respective spouses, a man and a woman resume a previous affair.
Runtime: 106 min.

The Last Metro

V.O.: Le Dernier Métro
Runtime: 131 min.
Fr. 1978. Psychological drama by François Truffaut with François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté. A former soldier, widowed after a few years of marriage, devotes himself to the cult of the dead.
Runtime: 94 min.

Love on the Run

V.O.: L'Amour en fuite
Fr. 1978. Sentimental comedy by François Truffaut with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Dorothée. An unstable young man finds a woman he loved as a teenager.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1977. Science-fiction by Steven Spielberg with Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon. Various individuals witness strange phenomena indicating the presence of extraterrestrials.
Runtime: 135 min.
Parental Guidance
Fr. 1977. Dramatic comedy by François Truffaut with Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud. An engineer from the country undertakes to write a book about his female conquests.
Runtime: 119 min.

The Story of Adele H.

V.O.: L'Histoire d'Adèle H.
Fr. 1975. Psychological drama by François Truffaut with Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott. After falling in love with an English officer who rejects her, the second daughter of Victor Hugo becomes unstable.
Runtime: 97 min.

Small Change

V.O.: L'Argent de poche
Fr. 1975. Dramatic comedy by François Truffaut with Georges Desmouceaux, Philippe Goldman, Jean-François Stévenin. Various incidents mark the life of the children who attend the communal school of a French village.
Runtime: 105 min.

Day for Night

V.O.: La Nuit américaine
Fr. 1973. Dramatic comedy by François Truffaut with François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jacqueline Bisset. Unexpected incidents pose a variety of problems for a director in the middle of a shoot.
Runtime: 115 min.

Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me

V.O.: Une Belle Fille comme moi
Fr. 1972. Police comedy by François Truffaut with Bernadette Lafont, André Dussollier, Claude Brasseur. A young sociologist preparing his thesis becomes fascinated by a prisoner he is interviewing.
Runtime: 100 min.

Two English Girls

V.O.: Les Deux Anglaises et le continent
Fr. 1971. Sentimental drama by François Truffaut with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter. At the turn of the twentieth century, a young Frenchman falls in love with the two daughters of his mother
Runtime: 116 min.

Bed and Board

V.O.: Domicile conjugal
Fr. 1970. Dramatic comedy by François Truffaut with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko. The tribulations of a young couple living in a modest apartment in a popular housing complex.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Wild Child

V.O.: L'Enfant sauvage
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by François Truffaut with François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Françoise Seigner. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, a doctor tries to educate a twelve-year-old wild child found in the woods.
Runtime: 85 min.

Mississippi Mermaid

V.O.: La Sirène du Mississippi
Fr. 1969. Crime drama by François Truffaut with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet. A rich young planter marries an adventurer who soon runs away with his fortune.
Runtime: 123 min.

Stolen Kisses

V.O.: Baisers volés
Fr. 1968. Dramatic comedy by François Truffaut with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig. After his military service, a young man reunites with his girlfriend and must look for a job.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Bride Whore Black

V.O.: La Mariée était en noir
Fr. 1967. Thriller by François Truffaut with Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner. A young woman sets out to kill, one by one, those responsible for her husband's death.
Runtime: 107 min.
G.-B. 1966. Science-fiction by François Truffaut with Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack. In a futuristic civilization, where books are systematically burned, a firefighter revolts after being introduced to the pleasure of reading by a neighbor.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Soft Skin

V.O.: La Peau douce
Fr. 1964. Psychological drama by François Truffaut with Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti. A married man's affair with a stewardess has tragic consequences.
Runtime: 108 min.

Mata Hari

V.O.: Mata Hari, agent H21
Fr. 1964. Spy drama by Jean-Louis Richard with Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Rich. In 1917, Mata Hari, a spy in the service of the Kaiser, falls in love with the French officer from whom she stole documents.
Runtime: 93 min.

Love at Twenty

V.O.: L'Amour à 20 ans
Fr. 1962. Sketches by François Truffaut, Renzo Rossellini, Marcel Ophuls, Shintaro Ishihara, Andrzej Wajda with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte. Five sketches devoted to various problems concerning youth in different countries.
Runtime: 118 min.

Jules and Jim

V.O.: Jules et Jim
Fr. 1961. Sentimental drama by François Truffaut with Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre. Two friends love the same woman who responds to the love of each of them.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1961. Mores comedy by Claude de Givray with Eddie Constantine, Georges Poujouly, Alexandra Stewart. Despite much opposition, two friends successfully operate a Karting track.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Claude de Givray, François Truffaut with Christian de Tilière, Ricet Barrier, Jacques Balutin. While doing his military service, a young and slightly snobbish aristocrat attracts sarcasm and bullying from her comrades.
Runtime: 90 min.

Breathless

V.O.: À bout de souffle
Fr. 1960. Mores drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Van Doude. A deserter wanted by the police is denounced by his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.

Shoot the Piano Player

V.O.: Tirez sur le pianiste
Fr. 1960. Drama by François Truffaut with Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger. The story of a fallen pianist who makes the regulars of a shabby bistro dance.
Runtime: 80 min.

The 400 Blows

V.O.: Les Quatre Cents Coups
Fr. 1959. Psychological drama by François Truffaut with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier. The drama of a teenager misunderstood by his parents and teachers.
Runtime: 93 min.

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