The 400 Blows Page

François Truffaut's 1959 masterpiece, The 400 Blows ( Les Quatre Cents Coups ), is much more than a coming-of-age story; it is the spark that ignited the and changed cinema forever. The Story of Antoine Doinel

: The film is semi-autobiographical, drawing heavily from Truffaut's own troubled childhood. The 400 Blows

: Unlike many films about kids, it avoids nostalgia, showing childhood with "unsentimental lyricism". The Iconic Ending 🌊 François Truffaut's 1959 masterpiece, The 400 Blows (

: Antoine is ignored by his mother and merely tolerated by his stepfather. François Truffaut's 1959 masterpiece

The film follows 12-year-old , a misunderstood boy navigating a world that feels cold and unfair.