François Truffaut

François Truffaut was born in Paris on 6 February 1932, to an unknown father; raised in part by his grandmother, he received the name of Roland Truffaut, who had married his mother. He skipped school to go to the cinema. Arrested over the debts of a film club he had founded, he was released thanks to the critic André Bazin. Enlisted in the army, he deserted, then was discharged. A critic at Cahiers du cinéma, he attacked the French cinema of his time in 1954. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 21 October 1984.

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• CinemaThe 400 BlowsLes Quatre Cents CoupsFrançois Truffaut · 1959Cinema