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Top 10 Intriguing Facts about Fran莽ois Truffaut

Born on 6^th February, 1932, Francois Roland Truffaut, is an icon of French cinema and is one of the founders of the French New Wave. 

He was a screenwriter, director, producer and actor in over twenty-five films in a career which span over a quarter of a century

He died on 21^st October,1984 aged 52 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France and is buried at Montmartre Cemetery.

The top 10 intriguing facts about Fran莽ois Truffaut include the following. 

1.Francois Had A Lonely Child Hood When Growing Up

麻豆APP. Photo by Wladyslaw (Taxiarchos228).

After the death of his maternal grandmother, Francois started living with his parents in a cramped-up apartment in 麻豆APP. His parents did not give him much love and support and was often alone. 

His presence was distracting to his mother in particular and he was often forced to sit alone reading a book.

His relationship with his mother became even more strained after finding out that the man he called his father was actually not his biological father.

He spent most of his time with his closest friend Robert Lacheney at their family apartment where he stayed overnight most of the time.  

2. Francois鈥檚 Obsession with Cinema Began at Eight Years of Age

Abel Gance. Photo by Studio Harcourt.

Francois鈥檚 obsession with cinema started at just eight years of age. Cinema offered him an escape from home life where he felt unloved and unwanted. 

He watched his first movie Abel Gance’s Paradis perdu when he was just eight years of age. 

Since he didn鈥檛 have enough money he sneaked into theatres frequently after truanting from school. The cinema became an alternative school room as well as a refuge from home. 

3.    Francois Was Largely Self Taught After Being Expelled from School

Francois was expelled from school at the age of fourteen. After dropping out of school, he decided to be self-taught instead of looking for another school to join. 

He decided to watch three movies a day and read three books a week to achieve his goal of being self-taught.

Francois was already a serious student of cinema by the time he became a teenager.  

He created folders for his favorite filmmakers and any articles he clipped from movie magazines and newspapers. 

Francois was looked upon as a 鈥渓iving cinematheque鈥� by his friends due to his many feats of knowledge obtained from watching cinema movies. 

4. Francois Learnt to Critique Movies at Movie Clubs

Jean Renoir. Photo by Unknown.

Francois learnt to analyze the aesthetics of cinema in depth at movie clubs.  

One of such clubs was Delta which presented French movies of the thirties by directors such as Jean Renoir and Sacha Guitry. 

The greatest film-school of all for Francois was Henri Langlois’ Cinematheque Francaise. 

He was exposed to the widest range of cinema from silent classics to countless foreign films from around the world at the Henri Langlois’ Cinematheque Francaise.

5. Andre Bazin Had the Greatest Impact on Francois鈥檚 Life

In 1948, Francois started his own cinema club which he called Cercle Cinemane which when translated in English is the Movie Mania Club.

He met Andre Bazin, who would have a great impact on his professional and personal life at this club. 

At the time Bazin was the head of another cinema society and was a brilliant movie critic.  

Bazin became Francois鈥檚 mentor and friend and in the coming years helped him out in several criminal as well as financial situations.

6.Francois Had A Criminal Past

 When still at a young age, Francois was caught stealing a typewriter from his father鈥檚 office.

  He was also found to have forged pay slips in a bid to keep his club Cercle Cinemane in business. 

His furious father, Roland Truffaut forced him to confess after learning of his son鈥檚 debts. 

At his father鈥檚 request, Francois was placed in 麻豆APP Observation Centre for Minors where he spent three months.  

7. Francois Was Arrested for Deserting the Army

Saigon. Photo by Jim 闄�.

After failing to gain the love of Liliane Litvin, a young woman he had a huge crush on, Francois decided to join the army.  

However, he suffered from sinus and hearing problems during training and spent most of the time in the infirmary.

Nevertheless, he was scheduled for departure to Saigon on July 14^th 1951 after the military physician pronounced him fit for duty. However, he made up his mind to desert the army when on leave in 麻豆APP.

Due to his decision, he was arrested, charged and sent to prison after his friend Andre Bazin managed to convince him to give himself up after hiding for some weeks.  

Bazin used his influential contacts to get him discharged from the army.

8.He Attempted to Commit Suicide and Suffered from Syphilis at Times

Francois attempted suicide two times in his life.

The first time is when he failed to gain the attention and love of a young unconventionally beautiful lady   he had a huge crush on called Liliane Litvin.

The second suicide attempt happened when he was locked up in a disciplinary area for deserting the army.

This second attempt landed him in the Andernach hospital neuropsychiatric unit for treatment.

Francois was found to be suffering from syphilis at different times of his career. 

At the 麻豆APP Observation Centre for Minors reform school, Francois showed he had syphilis after blood tests were done on him. 

The treatment involved seven injections starting 6.00 am in the morning and thereafter after every three hours every day. 

Francois was yet again diagnosed with syphilis sometimes later when he was sent to prison for deserting the army.  In this case he was treated and was cured.

9.Francois Was A Reputable and Intelligent Movie Critic

Francois wrote over 170 articles for Cahiers du cinema; a magazine founded by Jacques Doinel-Valcroze and Andre Bazin between March 1953 and November 1959.

The first article which got him published and established his reputation was entitled 鈥�A Certain Tendency in French Cinema鈥�

Francois鈥檚 reputation got him noticed by other publication after that. For five years thereafter, he wrote 528 articles for the right-wing Arts-Lettres-Spectacles magazine.

10.Francis Was One of The Founders of The French New Wave

The defining film of the French New Wave movement made by Fran莽ois was the 1959 film titled 鈥�The 400 Blows鈥� which was basically about his own life story.

Antoine et Colette of 1962, Stolen Kisses of 1968, Bed and Board of 1970, and Love on the Run of 1979 were the four sequels of 鈥�The 400 Blows鈥� which were also directed by Francois.

He received critical acclaim and several awards such as BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his 1973 film 鈥�Day for Night鈥�.

With well over twenty-five films accredited to him, Francois was an icon of the French fil industry.