A comprehensive, behind-the-scenes examination of the entire career of the famous film director François Truffaut (1932-84), from his first film The 400 Blows (1959) to Confidentially Yours (1983).
The essential guide to the work one of the Nouvelle Vague's leading figures, a man with three professed passions: a love of cinema, an acute interest in relationships and a fascination with children.
The result of extensive and rigorous research in Truffaut's personal and film production archives by French film critic Carole Le Berre.
Around 400 illustrations including film stills, photographs from film shoots, storyboards, annotated scripts, as well as personal memos and correspondence
