Les Quatre Cents Coups
(The 400 Blows)
95 minutes,
France (1959), 15
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(4.6 / 16 votes)
(4.6 / 16 votes)
François Truffaut's iconoclastic feature debut and one of the most enduring examples of the French New Wave. Drawing on the director's childhood, it follows a young Parisian boy as he roams the streets, steals a typewriter and eventually winds up in borstal
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Les Quatre Cents Coups: Along with Jean-Luc Godard's A Bout De Souffle (Breathless), Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) was the film that kick-started the French New Wave and it is still a revolutionary statement of intent. Previously a critic on the magazine 'Cahiers Du Cinema', Truffaut was challenged to put his theories to the test...
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