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French Cinema Since 1950 brings together modern scholarship of the most widely viewed and studied works of the period including classic films such as Truffauts The 400 Blows, Resnais Hiroshima Mon Amour, and works by Godard as well as critical previews of some of the most recent French films up to 1998. It covers relevant directors and their writings, and provides a comprehensive overview of different types of cinema, from thrillers and love stories to historical drama and autobiographies.