At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his long agony. The filmmaker confided in his friend Claude de Givray, with the intention of writing his autobiography. Too weakened, he abandoned the project. The film reveals part of this final story.
François Truffaut
as Self (archive footage)
Brigitte Fossey
as Self
Steven Spielberg
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Denner
as Self (archive footage)
Isabelle Huppert
as Narrator (voice)
Louis Garrel
as François Truffaut (voice)
Pascal Greggory
as Roland Truffaut (voice)
André Dussollier
as Henri-Pierre Roché (voice)
Barbara Sukowa
as Helen Hessel (voice)
Clément Dupeux
as Jean Genet (voice)