André Bazin
The semi-autobiographical film reflects events of Truffaut's and his friends' lives. In style, it expresses Truffaut's personal history of French film, with references to other works—most notably a scene borrowed wholesale from Jean Vigo's "Zéro de conduite". Truffaut dedicated the film to the man who became his spiritual father, André Bazin, who died just as the film was about to be shot.