Anne Gillain is Professor Emerita at Wellesley College and is known for her work in French cinema, particularly the films of François Truffaut. She is author of Le Cinéma selon François Truffaut and The 400 Blows.Alistair Fox is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Research on National Identity at the University of Otago. He is author of Jane Campion: Authorship and Personal Cinema (IUP, 2011).

• AcknowledgementsPreface to the English Edition of François Truffaut: The Lost Secret. Anne GillainEmotion and the Authorial Fantasmatic: An Introduction to Anne Gillain's François Truffaut: The Lost Secret. Alistair FoxPreface to the Original French Edition. One Secret Can Hide Another. Jean GruaultIntroduction: The Secret of the Art1. Family Secrets: The 400 Blows (1959), The Woman Next Door (1981)2. Deceptions: Shoot the Piano Player (1960), The Soft Skin (1964)3. Queen-Women: Jules and Jim (1962), The Last Metro (1980)4. Sentimental Educations: Stolen Kisses (1968), Two English Girls (1971)5. Criminal Women: The Bride Wore Black (1967), A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)6. In Search of the Father: Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Day for Night (1973)7. Marriages: Mississippi Mermaid (1969), Bed and Board (1970)8. Words and Things: The Wild Child (1970), The Story of Adèle H. (1975)9. The Child King: Small Change (1976), Love on the Run (1979)10. Fetishism and Mourning: The Man Who Loved Women (1977), The Green Room (1978)11. The Role of Play: Confidentially Yours (1983)Conclusion: The Art of the SecretFilmographyBibliographyIndex

Truffaut fans will love this English translation of Gillain's work drawing on the psychology and cinematography of the acclaimed filmmaker.(Booklist) Gillain's preface is succinct, lucid and illuminating.(Spectator) In her brilliant book, François Truffaut: The Lost Secret . . . Gillain serves us with a delicious reexamination of someone's work that will make us want to sit down and take in all of Truffaut's wonderful filmography at once.(PopMatters) In addition to its trenchant anatomizing of Truffaut, this work is an excellent examination of the process of creation. . . . Highly recommended.(Choice)