The 400 Blows (1959)
Original title: Les Quatre Cents Coups
Angel faces hell-bent for violence.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: France
- Runtime: 99 min
- Rated: 15
- Released: 1959-06-03
- TMDB rating: 8.0 / 10 (2 345)
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
- Director: François Truffaut
- Writer: François Truffaut
- Music: Jean Constantin
- Series: The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Collection
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Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) is François Truffaut's 1959 debut feature and a cornerstone of the French New Wave. The film follows young Antoine Doinel through a troubled adolescence in Paris, drawing heavily on Truffaut's own childhood. It won the Best Director prize at Cannes.
Jean-Pierre Léaud is a French actor best known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's debut film The 400 Blows (1959). He reprised the role across several follow-up films over the following decades. Léaud became one of the defining faces of the French New Wave.
Claire Maurier was a French actress best known for playing Antoine Doinel's mother in François Truffaut's debut film The 400 Blows (1959). She had a long career across both stage and screen in France.
Albert Rémy was a French actor best known for playing Antoine Doinel's father in François Truffaut's debut film The 400 Blows (1959). He was a busy presence in French film and theatre throughout the 1950s and 60s.
Georges Flamant was a French film actor. Flamant came to attention for his role as a pimp in Jean Renoir's 1931 film La Chienne where he starred alongside Janie Marèse.
Patrick Auffay is known for The 400 Blows (1959), Antoine and Colette (1962) and Love at Twenty (1962).
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