François Truffaut Collection - 8-Disc Box Set ( Tirez sur le pianiste / Jules et Jim / La peau douce / Les deux Anglaises et le continent / Une belle fille comme moi / Le dernier métro / La femme d'à côté / Vivement dimanche! ) ( Shoot the Pianist (Shoot the Piano Player) / Jules and Jim / The Soft Skin / Anne & Muriel (Two English Girls) / A Gorgeous Girl Like Me / The Last Metro / The Woman Next Door / Finally, Sunday (Confidentially Yours) )

François Truffaut Collection - 8-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Tirez sur le pianiste / Jules et Jim / La peau douce / Les deux Anglaises et le continent / Une belle fille comme moi / Le dernier métro / La femme d'à côté / Vivement dimanche!
Alternate Title: Shoot the Pianist (Shoot the Piano Player) / Jules and Jim / The Soft Skin / Anne & Muriel (Two English Girls) / A Gorgeous Girl Like Me / The Last Metro / The Woman Next Door / Finally, Sunday (Confidentially Yours)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Linear PCM )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
875 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1960 - 1983 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
François Truffaut

Written By:
David Goodis
François Truffaut
Henri-Pierre Roché
Jean-Louis Richard
Henry Farrell
Suzanne Schiffman
Charles Williams

Actors:
Charles Aznavour ..... Charlie Kohler / Edouard Saroyan
Marie Dubois ..... Léna
Nicole Berger ..... Thérèse Saroyan
Michèle Mercier ..... Clarisse
Serge Davri ..... Plyne
Claude Mansard ..... Momo
Richard Kanayan ..... Fido Saroyan
Albert Rémy ..... Chico Saroyan
Jean-Jacques Aslanian ..... Richard Saroyan
Daniel Boulanger ..... Ernest
Claude Heymann ..... Lars Schmeel
Alex Joffé ..... Passerby
Boby Lapointe ..... Le chanteur
Catherine Lutz ..... Mammy
Jeanne Moreau ..... Catherine
Oskar Werner ..... Jules
Henri Serre ..... Jim
Vanna Urbino ..... Gilberte
Serge Rezvani ..... Albert
Anny Nelsen ..... Lucie
Sabine Haudepin ..... Sabine, la petite
Marie Dubois ..... Thérèse
Michel Subor ..... Récitant / Narrato
Jean Desailly ..... Pierre Lachenay
Françoise Dorléac ..... Nicole
Nelly Benedetti ..... Franca Lachenay
Daniel Ceccaldi ..... Clément
Laurence Badie ..... Ingrid
Philippe Dumat ..... Directeur cinéma Reims
Paule Emanuele ..... Odile
Maurice Garrel ..... Bontemps
Sabine Haudepin ..... Sabine Lachenay
Dominique Lacarrière ..... La secrétaire Dominique
Jean Lanier ..... Michel
Pierre Risch ..... Chanoine
Maurice Magalon
Jean-Pierre Léaud ..... Claude Roc
Kika Markham ..... Ann Brown
Stacey Tendeter ..... Muriel Brown
Sylvia Marriott ..... Mrs. Brown
Marie Mansart ..... Madame Roc
Philippe Léotard ..... Diurka
Irène Tunc ..... Ruta
Mark Peterson ..... Mr. Flint
Georges Delerue ..... Claude's Business Agent
Marie Iracane ..... Madame Roc's maidservant
Marcel Berbert ..... Vendeur d'art
Jeanne Lobre ..... Porter
David Markham ..... Palmist
Bernadette Lafont ..... Camille Bliss
Claude Brasseur ..... Maître Murene
Charles Denner ..... Arthur
Guy Marchand ..... Roger, aka Sam Golden
Andre Dussollier ..... Stanislas Prévine
Anne Kreis ..... Hélène
Philippe Léotard ..... Clovis Bliss
Gilberte Géniat ..... Isobel Bliss
Michel Delahaye ..... Marchal
Danièle Girard ..... Florence Golden
Jérôme Zucca ..... L'enfant cinéaste amateur
Gaston Ouvrard ..... Le vieux gardien de prison / Old prison warder
Martine Ferrière ..... La secrétaire de la prison / Prison Secretary
Jacob Weizbluth ..... Alphonse, le muet / Alphonse, the mute
Catherine Deneuve ..... Marion Steiner
Gerard Depardieu ..... Bernard Granger
Jean Poiret ..... Jean-Loup Cottins
Andréa Ferréol ..... Arlette Guillaume
Paulette Dubost ..... Germaine Fabre
Jean-Louis Richard ..... Daxiat
Maurice Risch ..... Raymond Boursier
Sabine Haudepin ..... Nadine Marsac
Heinz Bennent ..... Lucas Steiner
Christian Baltauss ..... Bernard's Replacement
Pierre Belot ..... Desk Clerk
René Dupré ..... Valentin
Aude Loring ..... Marc
Alain Tasma ..... Jacquot's Mother / Concierge
Rose Thiéry
Gerard Depardieu ..... Bernard Coudray
Fanny Ardant ..... Mathilde Bauchard
Henri Garcin ..... Philippe Bauchard
Michèle Baumgartner ..... Arlette Coudray
Roger Van Hool ..... Roland Duguet
Véronique Silver ..... Madame Odile Jouve
Philippe Morier-Genoud ..... Doctor
Nicole Vauthier ..... Thomas Coudray
Muriel Combe
Olivier Becquaert
Fanny Ardant ..... Barbara Becker
Jean-Louis Trintignant ..... Julien Vercel
Jean-Pierre Kalfon ..... Massoulier (the priest)
Philippe Laudenbach ..... Maitre Clement
Philippe Morier-Genoud ..... Supt. Santelli
Xavier Saint-Macary ..... Bertrand Fabre
Jean-Louis Richard ..... Louison
Caroline Sihol ..... Marie-Christine Vercel
Castel Casti ..... Paule Delbecq
Anik Belaubre ..... Angel Face
Yann Dedet ..... The scarfaced whore
Nicole Félix ..... Lablache
Georges Koulouris ..... Secretarial candidate
Pascale Pellegrin ..... Jambreau
Roland Thénot

Synopsis:

Shoot the Pianist (1960)
A concert pianist on the run gets mixed up with gangsters.
Jules and Jim (1962)
Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
The Soft Skin (1964)
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He meets an air hostess, Nicole.
Anne & Muriel (1971)
Claude, an aspiring young French writer, spends a holiday on the Welsh coast with an English family and falls in love with the two daughters, Ann and Muriel.
Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
Stanislas Previne is a young sociologist, preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets in prison Camille Bliss to interview her.
The Last Metro (1980)
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
The Woman Next Door (1981)
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Finally, Sunday (1983)
Julien Vercel, an estate agent, is suspected of murdering his wife's lover. All clues point to him especially when his wife is also found dead.

Shoot the Pianist (1960)
Francois Truffaut's loving homage to Hollywood gangster films is less a plot-filled film noir than a free-associative meditation on the genre. Charles Aznavour stars as a one-time concert pianist who gained fame as Edouard Saroyan but has since changed his name to Charlie Kohler and plays honky-tonk in an out-of-the-way saloon. His self-imposed exile is shattered by the appearance of his mobster brother Richard Saroyan (Jacques Aslanian). Richard and his other brother, Chico (Albert Remy), are on the lam from gangsters they've double-crossed. Charlie helps Richard and Chico get away, but he now finds that his life, along with his younger brother Fido's (Richard Kanayan, has been put into jeopardy, having gotten mixed up with gangsters Momo (Claude Mansard) and Ernest (Daniel Boulanger) who are pursuing Richard and Chico. Momo and Ernest keep an eye on Charlie's apartment and, although they don't get Fido, they manage to kidnap Charlie and Lena (Marie Dubois), a co-worker with whom he has fallen in love. But when Ernest runs a red light and is pulled over, Charlie and Lena escape the gangsters' clutches. They take refuge in Lena's apartment, where Charlie sees a poster for a performance by Edouard Saroyan, causing Charlie to think back upon the circumstances that had led him to this moment in his life. Lena and Charlie make love, and Charlie returns to his apartment, only to discover Fido has been kidnapped. Lena and Charlie then head back to his club, where they plan to quit their jobs and try to find Fido.

Jules and Jim (1962)
In the years leading up to World War I, Jules and Jim are inseparable friends. Living in Paris gives them ample opportunities to expand their horizons as they discuss politics, the arts and life in general. Jim is something of a ladies man but Jules isn't so lucky. They soon meet Catherine, a free spirit and the three of them enjoy life together. She soon agrees to marry Jules but with the arrival of the war Jules, a German, return to his home country to serve in the army. Jim serves in the French army and both survive the war. It is a happy day when the two friends are reunited but Jules admits that his marriage has been less than successful and that Catherine has taken many lovers over the years. He loves her very much however and will go to any lengths to keep her with him. Jim and Catherine soon become lovers, with Jules' tacit approval, but Catherine's own needs and desires lead to tragedy.

The Soft Skin (1964)
Pierre Lachenay, a middle-aged, well-known publisher and lecturer, is married to Franca, an unbalanced woman, and father of Sabine, a 10-year-old girl. While traveling to Lisbon for a lecture, Pierre Lachenay has a one night stand with Nicole, the Panair do Brasil air stewardess. He wants to see her again and again, they travel to Reims together, and Pierre hides the affair from his family, mostly to spare his daughter the anguish of a separation. Nicole is taking it lightly but Pierre, misunderstanding her feelings and expectations, decides to live with her. The couple's break-up leads to a tragic end.

Anne & Muriel (1971)
At the end of the Nineteenth Century, the English teenager Ann Brown travels from Wales to Paris. There she befriends Claude Roc and invites him to visit her hometown, where she lives with her mother and her younger sister Muriel. When Claude arrives at her home, both Ann and Muriel become his close friends - but Ann pushes Claude towards Muriel and they fall in love with each other. However their mothers propose they separate for a year and do not communicate to see if they have real feelings for one another. But after six months in Paris, Claude is seduced by many lovers and sends a letter to Muriel calling off their commitment. When Claude meets Ann in Paris later, they have a love affair; but Claude still has feelings for Muriel.

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
A sociologist researching a book interviews murderess Camille, who tells him the story of her life. Put in a reform school as a child for suspected patricide, and later transferred to an orphanage, she escaped and tricked a young man called Clovis into marrying her. After attempting to kill Clovis' mother, she fled to Paris, where she began an affair with a night-club singer. Camille has left a trail of destruction and deceit in her wake, which now threatens to engulf the sociologist.

The Last Metro (1980)
In Nazi-occupied Paris, actress and businesswoman Marion Steiner manages her theater in the absence of her husband, the noted directed Lucas Steiner. Lucas, a Jew, is believed to have escaped the occupied area just prior to the German arrival but he is in fact hiding out in the theater's basement. The company is rehearsing Lucas's most recent play and he is passing notes to his wife throughout rehearsals. Marion has much to put up as finances are meager and they are under constant pressure from the authorities over the content of their plays. They persevere however, working and waiting for their circumstances to improve.

The Woman Next Door (1981)
Bernard Coudray has a beautiful family and is happy with his life. That is untill Phillipe and Mathilde Bauchard move in to the house next door. Bernard and Mathilde know each other, they were once passionately in love but went their separate ways. Once reunited, the pair start a fervent but turbulent affair. Torn between their unyielding lust for each other and the comfort and stability that is their marriages, this really is a case of can't live with and can't live without. The ghost of a tempestuous affair is reawakened when the two lovers, estranged for 10 years and now both newly married, coincidentally move next door to each other. François Truffaut wrote the leading roles especially for his two stars, Gerard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant.

Finally, Sunday (1983)
Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place than Julien Vercel, an estate agent that knew him and whose fingerprints are found on Massoulier's car. As the police discover that Marie-Christine Vercel, Julien's wife, was Massoulier's mistress, Julien is very suspected. But his secretary, Barbara Becker, while not quite convinced he is innocent, defends him and leads her private investigations...

Shoot the Pianist (1960)
While playing piano in a bar, the pianist Charlie Kohler is approached by his crook brother Chico Saroyan, who has been chased by two gangsters. Charlie helps him to escape, but he upsets the two criminals, and they watch Charlie and the waitress Lena, who is in love with him. The shy Cahrlie tells his past to Lena, when he was the former famous pianist Edouard Saroyan, and he quited his successful career after the suicide of his wife, the also waitress Thérèse Saroyan. When his brother Fido Saroyan, who is raised by Charlie, is kidnapped by the gangsters, Charlie has to take an attitude with tragic consequences.

Jules and Jim (1962)*French, German & English audio with English subtitles*
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim... This is the story of three people in love, a love which does not affect their friendship, and about how their relationship evolves with the years.

The Soft Skin (1964)*French, Portuguese & English audio with English subtitles*
While traveling to Lisbon for a lecture, famous middle-aged publisher and lecturer Pierre Lachenay has a one night stand with young Panair do Brasil stewardess Nicole. They start a love affair traveling to Reims together, and Pierre hides the affair from his unbalanced wife Franca Lachenay, trying to spare his daughter Sabine Lachenay from a separation. However, Pierre gets involved with Nicole, misunderstanding her feelings and expectations, and decides to live with her, leaving Franca and leading the couple to a tragic end.

Anne & Muriel (1971)*French & English audio with English subtitles*
At the beginning of the 20th century, Claude Roc, a young middle-class Frenchman meets in Paris Ann Brown, a young Englishwoman. They become friends and Ann invites him to spend holidays at the house where she lives with her mother and her sister Muriel, for whom she intends Claude. During these holidays, Claude, Ann and Muriel become very close and he gradually falls in love with Muriel. But both families lay down a one-year-long separation without any contact before agreeing to the marriage. So Claude goes back to Paris when he has many love affairs before sending Muriel a break-off letter...

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)*French & English audio with English subtitles*
A young sociology lecturer is writing a thesis on woman offenders and in the course of his researches he comes across an out-of-the-ordinary prisoner, who recounts her story with such unrepentant verve and total lack of self-consciousness that he is completely taken aback and, just for a moment, is shaken out of his polite attitude.

The Last Metro (1980)
Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner is a Jew and was compelled to leave the country. His wife Marion, an actress, directs the theater for him. She tries to keep the theater alive with a new play, and hires Bernard Granger for the leading role. But Lucas is actually hiding in the basement... A film about art and life.

The Woman Next Door (1981)
Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and Mathilde, who had a passionate love affair years ago. The relationship revives... A somber study of human feelings.

Finally, Sunday (1983)
When Julien (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is accused of murdering his wife and his wife's lover, his secretary, Barbara (Fanny Ardant) is determined to clear his name. François Truffaut's stylish thriller is reminiscent of pulp fiction murder mysteries from the 1930s and 1940s, with Fanny Ardant delightful as the sarcastic amateur detective. Based on Charles Williams' novel, The Long Saturday Night, François Truffaut deftly blends moments of hilarity, romance and intrigue into a film that was to be the swansong for one of France's greatest ever directors.

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