TWO IN THE WAVE Deux de la vague U.S. Release date: May 19th, 2010 Festival Selection: Guadalajara International Film Festival, Focus France (2010), Rotterdam International Film Festival, Signals Regained (2010), Berlin International Film Festival (2010), Hong Kong International Film Festival (2010), Cannes International Film Festival, Cannes Classics (2009) U.S Premiere Documentary France, 2010 In French with English subtitles 91 min Digibeta Pal Directed by: Emmanuel Laurent Written by: Antoine de Baecque Cinematography by: Etienne de Grammont, Nick de Pencier Editing by: Marie-France Cuénot Produced by: Emmanuel Laurent Production Company: Films à Trois International Sales: Wide Management 40, rue Sainte-Anne 75002 Paris France Phone: +33 1.53.95.04.64 www.widemanagement.com U.S. Distribution Lorber Films 333 West 39 St. #503 New York, NY 10018 http://www.lorberfilms.com/ Film critic Antoine de Baecque and filmmaker Emmanuel Laurent offer an in-depth analysis of the relationship between François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, through rare archival footage, interviews and film excerpts. Two in the Wave explores their friendship from the early Cahiers years, the success of The 400 Blows at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and Truffaut’s instrumental help in the making of Breathless, to their brutal falling out ten years later. Two in the Wave also shows the effect of their tumultuous friendship on the New Wave itself and its signature actor, Jean-Pierre Léaud, who finds himself torn between two father figures. If their passion for cinema, their writing and their revolutionary films gave birth to the French New Wave, as Godard becomes more politicized and the rift between him and Truffaut widens, the New Wave slowly dissipates. EMMANUEL LAURENT is a filmmaker and novelist. A former film editor, he created the independent production company "Films à Trois" in 1984. He has written, directed and produced numerous documentaries for television, most recently The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies (2009), Hitler’s Museum (2006), or Killer Cure (2005). He is currently writing and directing a one-hour documentary, The Quest for the Unicorn, produced by Sally Blake. A former chief editor for Les Cahiers du Cinéma and Libération, ANTOINE DE BAECQUE is a renowned film critic and historian. Among his numerous publications, he is the co-author with Serge Toubiana of a François Truffaut biography (Gallimard,1996) and has recently published a biography on Jean-Luc Godard (Grasset, 2010). He is currently director of a collection of books on Cinema for the publisher Ramsay. Two in the Wave is his first documentary film. PRESS "Buffs interested in the filmmakers and the era will be delighted by wonderful early newsreel and interview footage of the budding young auteurs... They also rep the docu’s high point; director Emmanuel Laurent has unearthed captivating coverage of "The 400 Blows" star Jean-Pierre Leaud at the Cannes train station, Truffaut on the Croisette and the excited opening-night crowd at the old Palais." Todd Mc Carthy, Variety.