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The 400 Blows
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Antoine Doinel is a young boy growing up in Paris during the early 1950s. Misunderstood at home by his parents and tormented in school by his insensitive teacher, Antoine frequently runs away from both places. He decides to skip school and begins a downward spiral of lies and later stealing. His parents are at their wits end and after he';;s stopped by the police, they decide the best thing to do would be to let Antoine face the consequences. He';;s sent to a juvenile detention facility where he doesn';;t do much better.
Antoine Doinel is a young boy growing up in Paris during the early 1950s. Misunderstood at home by his parents and tormented in school by his insensitive teacher, Antoine frequently runs away from both places. He decides to skip school and begins a downward spiral of lies and later stealing. His parents are at their wits end and after he';;s stopped by the police, they decide the best thing to do would be to let Antoine face the consequences. He';;s sent to a juvenile detention facility where he doesn';;t do much better.
Actors:
Luc Andrieux,
Christian Brocard,
Robert Beauvais,
Jacques Monod,
Michel Lesignor,
Michel Girard,
François Nocher
Luc Andrieux
12 February 1917, Coutainville, Manche, France
Christian Brocard
15 July 1930, Auxerre, Yonne, France
Robert Beauvais
Jacques Monod
21 August 1918, Casablanca, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
Michel Lesignor
Michel Girard
François Nocher
23 January 1944
Country:
United States
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Truffaut's ode to his childhood is an engrossing watch that is alluring in its simplicity and brilliant in its direction. It flows nicely at its own pace, never allowing melodrama to ruin its realistic and voyeuristic atmosphere.
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Childhood's frustrations for Truffaut are never far from its lilting delights
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Forget my curmudgeonly attitude and see it -- again, or for the first time -- for yourself.
June 07, 2010
Truffaut brought a fresh and piercingly honest portrayal of troubled youth to the screen. In many ways, Antonie Doinel is not only the cinematic embodiment of Truffaut, but also the French New Wave as a whole.
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Francois Truffaut's debut film not only galvanized the Nouvelle Vague movement of French cinema, but he also generated a personal filmic idiom that he would elaborate on for the rest of his career.
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