"One of the founding fathers of the French New Wave in the 1950s and 60s, Truffaut directed such masterpieces as The 400 Blows and Jules and Jim, and his legacy continues to shape cinema to this day. Truffaut also left behind a legacy here in Berkeley, where his daughter, Laura Truffaut, enrolled at Cal in 1979 and in a love story worthy of one of her father's movies, she met her future husband at the Pacific Film Archive and has lived here ever since."
"As early as the age of 2, she was by her father's side on set, and for much of her adolescence she had a front-row seat for his career as a film director an experience that Laura credits with deepening their relationship. It was a very nice experience, said Laura, of watching her father make movies. My father's sets were very no-drama. They weren't like American film sets. They were almost artisanal."
"When the elder Truffaut was filming the period drama The Wild Child, 10-year-old Laura was invited to appear in a crowd scene, one of a multiple times that she can be spotted onscreen in her father's movies. Based on a true story of an orphan raised in the wilderness, the film is a sensitive, psychologically nuanced portrait of childhood. It's a central theme in Truffaut's oeuvre dating back to his debut feature The 400 Blows,"
François Truffaut was a founding figure of the French New Wave and directed landmark films such as The 400 Blows and Jules and Jim. His daughter, Laura Truffaut, enrolled at UC Berkeley in 1979, met her future husband at the Pacific Film Archive, and has lived in Berkeley since. Laura accompanied her father on film sets from age two and appears in several of his movies. She characterizes his sets as no-drama and almost artisanal. Laura will present nearly a dozen of his films at BAMPFA, introducing screenings and leading post-screening discussions. Childhood remains a central theme in Truffaut's work.
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