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François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits · 1993

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993) is a Documentary film directed by Michel Pascal, starring François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Olivier Assayas.

Documentary

Overview

Twenty-six people - including two daughters, an ex-wife, his last lover, actors, fellow directors and writers, a neighbor, and boyhood friends - talk about François Truffaut. They discuss his attitudes toward wealth, his early writings about cinema, the undercurrent of violence in his films and his personality, the way he used and altered events in his life when making films, his search for a father (both artistic and biological), his relationship with his mother, the scenes in his films that cause a squirm of embarrassment, and his ultimate mysticism. Clips from a dozen of his films are included.

Cast

François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Olivier Assayas, Claude Chabrol, Marcel Ophüls, Éric Rohmer, Alexandre Astruc, Bertrand Tavernier

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What is "François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits" about?

Twenty-six people - including two daughters, an ex-wife, his last lover, actors, fellow directors and writers, a neighbor, and boyhood friends - talk about François Truffaut. They discuss his attitudes toward wealth, his early writings about cinema, the undercurrent of violence in his films and his personality, the way he used and altered events in his life when making films, his search for a father (both artistic and biological), his relationship with his mother, the scenes in his films that cause a squirm of embarrassment, and his ultimate mysticism. Clips from a dozen of his films are included.

When was "François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits" released?

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits was released in 1993.

Who stars in "François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits"?

The cast includes François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Olivier Assayas, Claude Chabrol.