François Truffaut Movies

Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.

An in-depth analysis of the relationship between New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through rare archival...

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...

At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied...

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.

When Francois Truffaut approached Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 with the idea of having a long conversation with him about his work and publishing this in...

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

She worked with the world’s greatest actors and directors: Buñuel, Mastroianni, Lellouche, Depardieu... The film guides us throughout...

Claire is a chic young Parisian woman married to a somewhat older husband, Jean As the story opens, she leaves her husband playing baroque music at...

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

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film "Notorious."

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...

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.

A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young...

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

An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of the most idolized French movie stars.

A documentary interview with the French actress while on the sets of films in production. Several of the directors for whom she has made films are...