Immediately prior to his death in 1984, Francois Truffaut returned to Two
English Girls, reinserting 24 minutes cut from the theatrical release 12 years
earlier. The restored footage was of a picnic scene, an homage to Truffaut's
idol Jean Renoir, recalling the elder filmmaker's A Day in the Country and
Picnic on the Grass. The restoration is more notable, however, as a clue to the
significance of Two English Girls-the film was thoroughly personal and
haunted its maker years after its completion. For viewers now, the film
resonates with the obsessions of love and passion that preoccupied much of
Truffaut's work, and appear here in one of Truffaut's most visually stunning
and sexually provocative films.
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France film school
1971
color 130 min.
