The 400 Blows

Les Quatre Cents Coups (original)

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1h 39mDrama Crime

François Truffaut’s first feature is also his most personal. Told through the eyes of Truffaut’s cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), The 400 Blows 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.

Spoken language: fr

Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay, Robert Beauvais, Yvonne Claudie, Pierre Repp, Guy Decomble, Daniel Couturier

Watch "The 400 Blows" from streaming services Vudu, Criterion Channel, Youtube and several more released in 1959. It's a drama and crime movie, and has a rating of 8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.