François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

1h 38m
Documentary
6.4

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.

Cast

François Truffaut
Self (archive footage)
Brigitte Fossey
Self
Steven Spielberg
Self (archive footage)
Charles Denner
Self (archive footage)
Isabelle Huppert
Narrator (voice)
Louis Garrel
François Truffaut (voice)
Pascal Greggory
Roland Truffaut (voice)
André Dussollier
Henri-Pierre Roché (voice)
Barbara Sukowa
Helen Hessel (voice)
Clément Dupeux
Jean Genet (voice)

Crew

David Teboul
Director, Writer
Serge Toubiana
Writer
Caroline Detournay
Editor
Cathy Palumbo
Producer
Victor Robert
Producer
Grégoire Hetzel
Original Music Composer

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