In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
Direction
Truffaut's freeze-frames that feel like memory itself stuttering.
Cinematography
Raoul Coutard's handheld freedom — the birth of 'cool' on film.
Acting
Jeanne Moreau invented the manic pixie dream girl then broke her.
Director
François Truffaut
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Truffaut discovered the real Henri-Pierre Roché's novel in a thrift shop and became obsessed with filming it before he turned thirty.
The film's jump cuts and narrator breaks were revolutionary in 1962; Godard saw it and reportedly sulked that Truffaut had beaten him to the punch.
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