François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay (2024)

Director: David Teboul

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)