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The 400 Blows (French: Les quatre cents coups) is a 1959 French coming-of-age drama film, and the directorial debut of François Truffaut, who also co-wrote the film. Shot in the anamorphic format DyaliScope, the film stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, and Claire Maurier.
The 400 Blows: Directed by François Truffaut. With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble. A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
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- 1959-11-16
Les Quatre Cents Coups est un film français de François Truffaut, sorti en 1959. Premier film du jeune réalisateur, il révèle celui-ci au grand public et devient un film emblématique de l'essor de la Nouvelle Vague [1].
Apr 8, 2014 · The 400 Blows: Close to Home. By Annette Insdorf. Essays —. Apr 8, 2014. Share. F rançois Truffaut’s first feature, The 400 Blows ( Les Quatre cents coups ), was more than a semi-autobiographical film; it was also an elaboration of what the French New Wave directors would embrace as the caméra - stylo (camera-as-pen) whose écriture ...
--Francois Truffaut Francois Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" (1959) is one of the most intensely touching stories ever made about a young adolescent. Inspired by Truffaut's own early life, it shows a resourceful boy growing up in Paris and apparently dashing headlong into a life of crime.
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Told from the point of view of Truffaut’s cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) sensitively re-creates the trials of Truffaut’s own childhood, unsentimentally portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, and petty crime.
Jean-Pierre Léaud (centre) in Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959; The 400 Blows), directed by François Truffaut. The 400 Blows, French film drama, released in 1959, that defined the New Wave cinema movement created by young French directors in the late 1950s and ’60s. It was the first film in François Truffaut ’s acclaimed Antoine Doinel ...
