The 400 Blows [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

The 400 Blows [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: François Truffaut Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud
, Patrick Auffay
Patrick Auffay
, Claire Maurier
Claire Maurier
, Albert Rémy
Albert Rémy
François Truffaut
The 400 Blows [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

The 400 Blows [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: François Truffaut Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud
, Patrick Auffay
Patrick Auffay
, Claire Maurier
Claire Maurier
, Albert Rémy
Albert Rémy
François Truffaut

Blu-ray (Black & White / Wide Screen)

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Overview

"An internationally distinguished and influential film in the development of Nouvelle Vague cinema, and a personal favorite of filmmaker Francoise Truffaut, 400 Blows originally started out as a twenty-minute short ""Antoine Runs Away"" and was designed to be part of one of Truffaut's compilation films. With a plot largely taken from Truffaut's boyhood, it soon developed into a full- length feature and the beginning of a series of films objectively chronicling the coming-of-age of Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud, who played the same role in all of the cycle's films). Antoine has barely entered adolescence and has already known a lifetime of pain and loneliness. He has a mother, but she is too busy with her lovers and activities to pay much attention to the boy. His step-father occasionally makes minimal half-hearted efforts to pay attention to Antoine. Things might have been better at school, but Antoine hates his teacher and is a dreadful student. One day, he and his buddies play hooky and go to the local amusement park. They are questioned the next day and in a quiet panic, Antoine tells a big lie that is too quickly exposed, causing him to run away. He tries to go back home, but another problem at school ensues when the teacher accuses him of plagiarism and Antoine once again flees. In desperate need of cash, the troubled youth resorts to petty theft, something that lands him in great trouble and in the office of a prison psychiatrist. Eventually Antoine successfully escapes the facility and flees to the sea for the film's powerful end."

Product Details

Release Date: 01/10/2017
UPC: 0715515193818
Original Release: 1959
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:39:00
Sales rank: 8,984

Special Features

Two audio commentaries, one by cinema professor Brian Stonehill and the other by director François Truffaut's lifelong friend Robert Lachenay; Rare audition footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan; Newsreel footage from the film's showing at Cannes; Excerpt from a 1965 interview with Truffaut in which he discusses his youth, his critical writings, and the origins of the character Antoine Doinel; Excerpt from a 1960 interview with Truffaut about the global reception of The 400 Blows and his own critical view of the film; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jean-Pierre Léaud Antoine Doinel
Patrick Auffay Rene Bigey
Claire Maurier Mme. Doinel
Albert Rémy M. Doinel
Guy Decombie Actor
Georges Flamant Actor
Yvonne Claudie Mme Bigey
Robert Beauvais School Director
Jeanne Moreau Woman with Dog
Claude Mansard Examining Magistrate
Jacques Monod Actor,Commissioner
Henri Virlojeux Night Watchman
Jean-Claude Brialy Man in street
Jacques Demy Policeman
Guy Decomble Actor
Patrick Auffray Actor
Daniel Couturier Boy
François Nocher Actor
Richard Kanayan Abbou
Renaud Fontanarosa Boy
Michel Girard Actor,Actor
Henry Moati Actor,Un enfant/Child
Bernard Abbou Actor
Jean-François Bergouignan Actor
Michel Lesignor Actor
Christian Brocard Man with Typewriter
Marius Laurey L'inspecteur Cabanel
Laure Paillette Actor
Philippe de Broca Man in Funfair
Jean-Luc Godard Voices
François Truffaut Man in Funfair
Pierre Repp The English Teacher
Luc Andrieux Gym Teacher
Jean Douchet The lover
Jean Constantin Composer

Technical Credits
François Truffaut Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Marcel Moussy Screenwriter
Jean Labussière Sound Effects
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