Jean-Pierre Léaud
Antoine Doinel
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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.
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THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS (François Truffaut - France 1959). Twelve-year-old Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) has troubles at home and at school. Ignored and neglected by his parents, his relationship with his mother is further strained when he discovers that she has taken a secret lover.
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- Crime, Drama
- François Truffaut
- 1959-11-16
Aug 8, 1999 · 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.
Jun 10, 2024 · 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.
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Aug 15, 2016 · When critics would take a careful relook at the history of 20 th-century cinema, ‘The 400 Blows’ would go down not just as a great movie that reshaped cinematic barriers but also as a human document that poignantly captured the pitfalls of a society standing at the crossroads of decadence.
14-year-old Antoine Doinel is unfairly punished in school by his teacher in French literature. Next morning his friend René suggests that they play truant. Instead of going to school, they go to the cinema, play pinball, and visit a huge amusement rotor.
The 400 Blows. Released Nov 16, 1959 1h 33m Crime Drama TRAILERList 3:47 View more videos. 99% Tomatometer 72 Reviews 94% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel...
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