Summary
An in-depth analysis of the relationship between New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through rare archival footage, interviews, and film excerpts - written and narrated by former Cahiers du Cinéma editor Antoine de Baecque.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 62Audiences 59GoodWatch 53
Tomatometer64%
Metascore59
IMDb6.8
Audience score50%
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for documentaries, −5 min on the typical 96
typical 9691Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2010
May 19, 2010
16 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
French
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
France
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Emmanuel Laurent Director
Writing · 1
- Antoine de Baecque Writer
Camera · 2
- Étienne Carton de Grammont Director of Photography
- Nicholas de Pencier Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Marie-France Cuénot Editor
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