Truffaut, François

Hitchcock by François Truffaut ( Book )
114 editions published between 1966 and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 2,026 libraries worldwide
Entretien qui modifia l'opinion des critiques américains même si le célèbre cinéaste était au sommet de sa créativité et de son succès dans les années 1950 et 1960. [SDM].

Fahrenheit 451 ( Visual )
66 editions published between 1966 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 1,702 libraries worldwide
Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.

Close encounters of the third kind ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in English and held by 1,617 libraries worldwide
Roy Neary witnesses the arrival of flying saucer from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other-worlders as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership.

A bout de souffle ( Visual )
25 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in French and English and held by 1,299 libraries worldwide
A small-time criminal kills a police officer, setting in motion a tragic series of events for both himself and his American girlfriend.

The films in my life by François Truffaut ( Book )
35 editions published between 1975 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 1,267 libraries worldwide

Les quatre cents coups ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1986 and 2008 in French and English and held by 1,265 libraries worldwide
Thirteen-year-old Antoine Doinet lives in a cramped apartment with his mother and stepfather, neglected by them and unlucky at school. Living an intensely imaginative life of his own he gets into trouble and is finally committed to reform school from which he escapes and runs towards the sea, which he has never seen.

Jean Renoir by André Bazin ( Book )
29 editions published between 1971 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 1,200 libraries worldwide

Close encounters of the third kind ( Visual )
36 editions published between 1977 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 1,080 libraries worldwide
Roy Neary witnesses the arrival of flying saucer from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other-worlders as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership.

Tirez sur le pianiste Shoot the piano player ( Visual )
49 editions published between 1960 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 911 libraries worldwide
A timid cafe pianist has given up his career as a concert pianist, a career which had destroyed his marriage. Events force his involvement with gangsters who once again cause him to be responsible for the destruction of his life.

Jules and Jim; a film by François Truffaut ( Book )
33 editions published between 1962 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 894 libraries worldwide
Before World War I in Paris, a girl alternates between a French student, Jim, and a German student, Jules. After the war, they meet again and form a constantly shifting triangle.