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The 400 Blows

Runtime
1hr 39mins
Directed by
François Truffaut
Featuring
Jean-Pierre Léaud,
Albert Rémy,
Claire Maurier
Film Language
in French with English subtitles
Body

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. - The Criterion Collection 

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