Jules and Jim1962
Paired by the Criterion Channel, and both directed by François Truffaut
The 400 Blows
Les Quatre Cents Coups
France / French / 1959 / 1h 39m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №5
- Commentary
- 2 tracks on the Channel player
Synopsis
François Truffaut’s first feature is also his most personal. Told through the eyes of Truffaut’s cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), THE 400 BLOWS 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.
