Les quartre cent coups [videorecording] = The 400 blows / scenario, François Truffaut ; adaptation, Marcel Moussay and François Truffaut ; director ; producer, François Truffaut and Georges Charlot.
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Guy Decombie, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. Special featues: Commentaries by Brian Stonehill and Truffaut's lifelong friend, Robert Lachenay; rare audition footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan; newsreel footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud in Cannes for the showing of "The 400 blows"; excerpts from a French TV program with Truffaut discussing his youth, critical writings, and the origins of Antoine Doinel in "The blows" and "Antoine and Collette"; television interview with Truffaut about the global financial reception of "The 400 blows" and his own critical impression of the film; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Sensitively recreating the trials of Truffaut's own childhood, portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime.
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