THE 400 BLOWS
| 1959 – 100′ – Drama, Coming of Age, Classic.
Written by: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy.
Directed by: François Truffaut.
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jacques Demy, Patrick Auffray, Henri Virlojeux, Jean Douchet.
Official selection Cannes International Film Festival 1959. Winner Palme d’Or.
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |
François Truffaut’s first feature, The 400 Blows, is also his most personal. Told through the eyes of Truffaut’s life-long cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), The 400 Blows sensitively re-creates the trials of Truffaut’s own difficult childhood, unsentimentally portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime.