A portrait of a man of rare elegance and enigmatic charm, versatile and successful: Jean-Louis Trintignant, one of the most critically acclaimed French actors of the last sixty years, known for his numerous roles on stage and screen.
Acting
Trintignant's final on-camera performance: himself
Direction
Daughter's lens captures unguarded paternal intimacy
Director
Lucie Cariès
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Self
Anouk Aimée
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Audiard
Self (archive footage)
Brigitte Bardot
Self (archive footage)
Marcel Bozzuffi
Self (archive footage)
Adrien Brody
Self (archive footage)
Michel Drucker
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Dufilho
Self (archive footage)
Françoise Fabian
Self (archive footage)
Vittorio Gassman
Self (archive footage)
Michael Haneke
Self (archive footage)
Claude Lelouch
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Martin
Self (archive footage)
Bruno Masure
Self (archive footage)
Yves Montand
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Trintignant had rejected countless documentary requests for decades; he agreed only because his daughter Lucie directed.
The film was shot during his return to acting in The Best Years of a Life—his final performance before his 2022 death.
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