Movie: François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

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François Truffaut
François Truffaut

Self (archive footage)

Brigitte Fossey
Brigitte Fossey

Self

Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg

Self (archive footage)

Charles Denner
Charles Denner

Self (archive footage)

Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert

Narrator (voice)

Louis Garrel
Louis Garrel

François Truffaut (voice)

Pascal Greggory
Pascal Greggory

Roland Truffaut (voice)

André Dussollier
André Dussollier

Henri-Pierre Roché (voice)

Barbara Sukowa
Barbara Sukowa

Helen Hessel (voice)

Clément Dupeux
Clément Dupeux

Jean Genet (voice)

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