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THE 400 BLOWS (PG)
BLOWS LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS
France
1959
99 mins (in French with subtitles)
Director: François Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Jacques Demy, Jeanne Moreau
Truffaut’s superb feature debut, and most personal film, remains an influential landmark of cinema. Antoine Doinel is a 13-year-old constantly in trouble with his parents and teachers. Drifting into truancy and petty theft, he soon finds himself at odds with still less sympathetic figures of adult authority.
www.bfi.org.uk/releases/400blows/
Sun 12 July 17.00
The 400 Blows is been screened as part of the French New Wave 50th Anniversary. Click on the links below to find out more about the French New Wave films we are showing this month.
Le Doulos
Francois Truffaut, Une Autobiographie
Bande A Part
Pierrot Le Fou
