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Original title: Les Quatre cents coups
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 13, 1999
• R2: 16 Dec 2002
Running Time
1 hour, 34 minutes
Country France
Studio Carrosse, Cocinor, Films du Carrosse, Societe d'Exploitation ed de Distribution de Films
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Other Titles
• The 400 Blows (1959)
• Les Quatre cents coups
• The Four Hundred Blows
• Sie küßten und sie schlugen ihn (1959)
• Les 400 Coups
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Tear Jerker, School / Campus, Cult Classic, Thieves, Police, Infidelity, Coming Of Age, Sea
Tagline: Angel faces hell-bent for violence.
Plot: Director François Truffaut's first feature film, THE 400 BLOWS, is a landmark in French cinema. Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is a 13-year-old boy who can't seem to do anything right. His parents yell at him and then bribe him for his love and his promises to work harder in school. Meanwhile, his schoolteacher is out to get him and blames Antoine for everything--turning him into the class clown. As a result, Antoine runs away from school and his difficult family, living on the streets of Paris and committing petty crimes. While his life on the street is tough, it's much better than dealing with his preoccupied parents and his accusatory teacher. Nonetheless, things only go downhill for Antoine, descending to a simultaneously painful and beautiful conclusion. A truly impressive film, THE 400 BLOWS is raw, honest, and intensely emotional. Imbued with a strong and complex personality, Antoine maintains his poise and self-confidence, even as he endures abusive treatment from every adult he encounters. René Simonet (Patrick Auffray) is Antoine's one pal, and the unspoken dialogues between the boys, depicted by Truffaut through the boys' facial expressions and with masterful roving photography, allow the viewer to see through Antoine's eyes and understand his unflinching
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