3 Movies Starring Franèois Truffaut

The Wild Child

The Wild Child

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-09-11

Languages:

French, French Sign Language

Countries:

France

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (5390 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Franèois Truffaut (scenario

adaptation and dialogue)

Jean Gruault (scenario

adaptation and dialogue)

Jean Itard (based upon the memoir and report "Victor de l'Aveyron")

Fullplot:

1798. In a forest, some countrymen catch a wild child who can not walk, speak, read nor write. Doctor Itard is interested by the child, and starts to educate him. Everybody thinks he will fail, but with a lot of love and patience, he manages to obtain results and the child continues with normal development. This is based on true story.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-12-25

Languages:

English, French, Spanish, Hindi

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (128508 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaSci-Fi

Fullplot:

Roy Neary sets out to investigate a power outage when his truck stalls and he is bathed in light from above. After this, strange visions and five musical notes keep running through his mind. Will he find the meaning of the visions, and who - or what - placed them in his mind?

The Green Room

The Green Room

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-04-05

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1860 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jean Gruault (screenplay)

Henry James (novel)

Henry James (novel)

Franèois Truffaut (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys the room, he renovates a little chapel and devotes it to Julie and his other dead persons.

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