Two in the Wave () is a 2010 French documentary film directed by Emmanuel Laurent.TV Guide The film depicts the friendship between French directors François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.
Synopsis The film investigates the fruitful and turbulent relationship between the two influential French New Wave directors. The film focuses the success of The 400 Blows and Breathless, the role of Jean-Pierre Léaud in both Truffaut and Godard's films, and the directors' fascination with American film. Two in the Wave ends with the 1973 incident between Godard and Truffaut; Godard wrote a letter to Truffaut criticizing his Oscar-winning film Day for Night. Truffaut responded to the attack by writing a 20-page letter to Godard. The film is narrated by Antoine de Baecque, Truffaut biographer and former Cahiers du Cinéma editor.
Reception The film have received mixedMetacritic to positive reviews from critics.Truffaut and Godard's Roles in Creating the New Wave - The New York Times
It has earned a 66% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
It was released on DVD by Kino LorberTCM.com on February 22, 2011.Amazon.comDVD Talk
See also Hitchcock/Truffaut - the 2015 documentary film based on the book of the same name Auteurism Andrew Sarris and Pauline Kael-two American film critics who also have turbulent feuds about cinema
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Official trailer Review on The Guardian