Suzanne Schiffman’s Typical Vibe
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Suzanne Schiffman has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Day for Night.
Recurring themes
A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani

After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent goes on the lam while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach
The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physically abused, poverty stricken friend, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges most their age experience.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Jean-François Stévenin, Virginie Thévenet, Chantal Mercier

Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel is a divorced proofreader in love with a record seller. Colette Tazzi, now a lawyer, buys his first published autobiography, leading them to a chance meeting.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret

At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Charles Denner, Leslie Caron, Nelly Borgeaud

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin

In the 19th century a mysterious woman named Adele H. crosses the ocean, from Europe to North America, to relentlessly pursue a handsome officer that denies her satisfaction.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott
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