François Truffaut Movies

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

A documentary portrait of Carl Th. Dreyer, filmed shortly after the Paris premiere of "Gertrud." Through Dreyer’s own reflections on his films,...

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

A journey in the company of Bernadette Lafont, French Cinema’s most atypical actress. Tracing her career from pin-up girl, to New Wave model of...

An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the...

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.

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

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

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...

An experimental movie based on a poem of the French writer and director Jean Cocteau about a servant who fantasises about killing the lady of the...

Ordered to seduce French captain and steal from him classified papers, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and a spy, instead falls in love with him and...

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

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...

Written and directed by Hitchcock historian Noël Simsolo, this 2004 French television documentary explores the earliest years of Alfred...

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

Documentary about the work of Nouvelle Vague actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, with interview clips, film clips and contributions from directors and...

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

Born into a family of actors, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve's older sister, began her career at the age of 15. She shone a few...