Movie Poster Collecting: Francois Truffaut

Thursday, April 14, 2016

The Wild Child (1970) - (dir: Francois Truffaut) US one-sheet

The Wild Child (1970) - (dir: Francois Truffaut) US one-sheet poster

This is a 27" x 41" US poster for the 1970 Francois Trufaut film The Wild Child based on a memoir by Jean Itard with screenplay and dialogue by Francois Truffaut and Jean Grualt and starring Jean-Pierre Cargol as Victor of Aveyron. Plot summary: In 1798 a child is found in a French forest who has had no human contact for the first 10 or 11 years of his life and cannot walk, speak, read or write. Dr. Jean Itard [Francois Truffaut] becomes interested, takes custody of the boy and tries to educate him. Victor gradually develops the ability to interact socially with prolonged indoor confinement.

Cast and crew: Francois Truffaut, Jean Gruault, Jean Itard, Francoise Seigner, Jean Daste, Annie Miller, Claude Miller, Paule Ville, Nathan Miller, Mathieu Schiffman, Jean Gruault, Robert Cambourakis, Gitt Magrini, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Laura Truffaut, Eva Truffaut

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Sunday, December 7, 2014

The Story of Adele H (1975) - (Isabelle Adjani) US one-sheet

This is a US 27" x 41" one-sheet poster made to promote the 1975 Francoise Truffaut film The Story of Adele H [L'histoire d'Adele H.] based on the 19th Century diary of Adele Hugo, the daughter of Victor Hugo, and starring Isabelle Adjani as Adele. Plot summary: Adele is in love with Lieutenant Pinson [Bruce Robinson], but he does not reciprocate. Undeterred, Adele continues to pursue and harass.

Cast and crew: Francois Truffaut, Jean Grualt, Suzanne Schiffman, Frances Veronor Guille, Adele Hugo, Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley, Ivry Gitlis, Louise Bourdet, Cecil De Sausmarez, Ruben Dorey, Clive Gillingham, Roger Martin, M. White, Madame Louise, Jean-Pierre Leursse