William Goldman, the screenwriter, once wrote that the only true auteur - because he produced, edited, wrote and directed his movies and was also their cinematographer - was the bawdy B-movie director Russ Meyer.

The film becomes an unfortunate argument against allowing a play's true auteurs to wish on stars.

For the last 10 years at least, the person with that unofficial title has been the true auteur of series television.

He is a true auteur.

Mr. Miyazaki is a true auteur.

The true auteur of the film is Isabelle Adjani, who was instrumental in its production and who plays the title role.

Russ Meyer was a true auteur who wrote, directed, edited, photographed and distributed all his own films.

But Mr. Antonacci, a 41-year-old Brooklyn resident with a droll smile and a goofy sense of humor, thinks of his work with the pride of a true auteur.

The true auteur is Jim Broadbent, the 40-ish English actor who plays the bartender in "The Crying Game."

"He began as an assistant to other directors, but he went on to create his own world and proved himself as a true auteur," said Hulya Ucansu, the festival director.