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Quiz: how well do you know the life and work of François Truffaut?

Think you know your Nouvelle Vague? Reveal your inner auteur by separating the François Truffaut facts from fiction … 

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Francois Truffaut Filming Soft Skin

French film director and one of the founders of the French New Wave movement: François Truffaut on set of his picture, Soft Skin, in 1964. Photograph: Phaidon Press

  1. 1. Truffaut was arrested and imprisoned in 1951 for…

  2. 2. Truffaut was inspired to make his feature film debut, Les Quatre Cent Coups, after seeing which 1958 film…

  3. 3. Who did he describe as “the most important film director alive”?

  4. 4. What film won him his only Academy Award?

  5. 5. Which 1977 English-language film did he appear in?

  6. 6. Why did he once throw a hitchhiker out of his car?

  7. 7. In which of these films do the actors Jean-Pierre Léaud and Claude Jade NOT appear as the couple Antoine and Christine?

  8. 8. What nickname did Traffaut earn during his early career as a film critic?

  9. 9. Which of the following Arthur Penn films did Truffaut turn down the opportunity to direct?

  10. 10. What did Steven Spielberg claim Truffaut spent most of his time on set doing when the two worked together?

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