The 400 Blows (1959) - Video Detective

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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.

Original Release

06/03/1959

Links

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Cast

Name	Character

Jean-Pierre Leaud	Antoine Doinel
Claire Maurier	Gilberte Doinel
Albert Remy	Julien Doinel
Guy Decomble	French Teacher
Robert Beauvais	School Director
Georges Flamant	Mr. Bigey
Patrick Auffay	René
Yvonne Claudie	Mme Bigey
Pierre Repp	English Teacher
Daniel Couturier	Betrand Mauricet

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Directors

Francois Truffaut

Writers

Francois Truffaut, Marcel Moussy

Cast

Name	Character

Jean-Pierre Leaud	Antoine Doinel
Claire Maurier	Gilberte Doinel
Albert Remy	Julien Doinel
Guy Decomble	French Teacher
Robert Beauvais	School Director
Georges Flamant	Mr. Bigey
Patrick Auffay	René
Yvonne Claudie	Mme Bigey
Pierre Repp	English Teacher
Daniel Couturier	Betrand Mauricet
François Nocher	Un enfant
Richard Kanayan	Un enfant
Renaud Fontanarosa	Un enfant
Michel Girard	Un enfant
Serge Moati	Child (as Henry Moati)
Bernard Abbou	Un enfant
Jean-François Bergouignan	Un enfant
Michel Lesignor	Un enfant
Jean-Claude Brialy	Man in Street
Jeanne Moreau	Woman with Dog (as Mademoiselle Jeanne Moreau)