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French writer Hervé Le Tellier on how Truffaut's film echoes his own life story
French writer Hervé Le Tellier on how Truffaut's film echoes his own life story
Truffaut's hero is a man whose entire existence, from first to last, is devoted to the pursuit of the fair sex. Truffaut loves his protagonist for his weaknesses and finds a resemblance between the hero's obsession with love and his pleasure in telling this story.