The 400 Blows is a 1959 French film written and directed by Francois Truffaut in his feature directorial debut, starring Jean-Pierre Leaud as Antoine Doinel, a neglected Parisian adolescent who drifts into truancy and petty crime amid an unhappy home life and rigid schooling. Largely autobiographical, the film helped establish the looser, more personal visual style associated with the French New Wave, and closes on an extended freeze frame of Antoine's face that became one of the most cited final shots in film history. The 400 Blows is widely regarded as a founding work of the French New Wave and launched a series of films following Doinel across Truffaut's later career.
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- Also in Language Atlas: French, original language there.
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The 400 Blows is a 1959 French coming-of-age drama film, and the directorial debut of Francois Truffaut, who also co-wrote the film.
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The 400 Blows is a 1959 French coming-of-age drama film, and the directorial debut of Francois Truffaut, who also co-wrote the film.
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The 400 Blows is a 1959 French film written and directed by Francois Truffaut in his feature directorial debut, starring Jean-Pierre Leaud as Antoine Doinel, a neglected Parisian adolescent who drifts into truancy and petty crime amid an unhappy home life and rigid schooling.
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