• François Truffaut was an award-winning New Wave film director and screenwriter. AFP
    François Truffaut was an award-winning New Wave film director and screenwriter. AFP
  • Truffaut is best known for the movies 400 Blows, Jules And Jim, The Wild Child, The Man Who loved Woman, Small Change, Academy Award winning Day For Night and The Last Metro, which was screened at Cannes earlier this year.
    Truffaut is best known for the movies 400 Blows, Jules And Jim, The Wild Child, The Man Who loved Woman, Small Change, Academy Award winning Day For Night and The Last Metro, which was screened at Cannes earlier this year.
  • The selected titles to screen at Abu Dhabi Film Festival include The 400 Blows, Jules And Jim, The Wild Child, The Man Who loved Women, Small Change, Academy Award winning Day For Night and The Last Metro, which was screened at Cannes earlier this year. AFP
    The selected titles to screen at Abu Dhabi Film Festival include The 400 Blows, Jules And Jim, The Wild Child, The Man Who loved Women, Small Change, Academy Award winning Day For Night and The Last Metro, which was screened at Cannes earlier this year. AFP
  • Visitors look at videos on display during the exhibition. EPA
    Visitors look at videos on display during the exhibition. EPA
  • Truffaut was also an actor and appeared in some of his own films. EPA
    Truffaut was also an actor and appeared in some of his own films. EPA
  • A dress worn by French actress Catherine Deneuve in the movie Le Dernier Metro is on display during the exhibition. EPA
    A dress worn by French actress Catherine Deneuve in the movie Le Dernier Metro is on display during the exhibition. EPA

In pictures: Paris’ Cinematheque Francois Truffaut exhibition


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An exhibition dedicated to French film director Francois Truffaut at the Paris’ Cinematheque. This year Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) will screen some of Truffaut’s classic films.