The 400 Blows
October 28 - 29, 2022
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
François Truffaut’s first feature is also his most personal. 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. The film marked Truffaut’s passage from leading critic to trailblazing auteur of the French New Wave.
- Original Language Title: Les quatre cents coups
- Director: François Truffaut
- Principal Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble
- Country: France
- Year: 1959
- Running Time: 99 min.
- Producer: Georges Charlot
- Screenplay: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy
- Cinematographers: Henri Decaë
- Editors: Marie Josèphe Yoyotte, Cécile Decugis, Michèle de Possel
- Language: French
- US Distributor: Janus