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The 400 blows

Truffaut, François, (director,, creator.). Moussy, Marcel, 1924-1995 (adapter,, screenwriter.). Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944- (actor.). Rémy, Albert, 1911-1967 (actor.). Maurier, Claire, (actor.). Decomble, Guy, 1910-1964 (actor.). Flamant, Georges, 1903-1990 (actor.). Auffay, Patrick, (actor.). Decae, Henri, (director of photography.). Constantin, Jean, (composer.). Charlot, Georges, (film producer.). Yoyotte, Marie-Josèphe, (film editor.). Decugis, Cécile, (film editor.). Possel, Michèle de, (film editor.). Insdorf, Annette, (author.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). S.E.D.I.F., (production company.). Films du carrosse (Firm), (production company.). Janus Films. (Added Author). MK2 Diffusion (Firm) (Added Author).

Fourteen-year-old Antoine Doinet lives in a cramped apartment with his mother and stepfather, neglected by them and unlucky at school. Living an intense imaginative life of his own he gets into trouble and is finally committed to reform school from which he escapes and runs towards the sea, which he has never seen.

DVD  - 2017
FRENCH FIC Four
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Subject
Reformatories > France > Drama.
Doinel, Antoine (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Teenage boys > France > Drama.
Male juvenile delinquents > France.
Parent and child > Drama.
Teacher-student relationships > Drama.
Criminal behavior > Drama.
New wave films > France.
Genre
Feature films.
Crime films.
Video recordings.
Drama.
  • ISBN: 9781681432724
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (6 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
  • Publisher [New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Program notes by Annette Insdorf.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: Special features: Two audio commentaries: one by cinema professor Brian Stonehill and another by François Truffanut's lifelong friend Robert Lachenay ; rare audition footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan ; newsreel footage of Léaud in Cannes for the showing of "The 400 blows" ; excerpt from a French TV program with Truffaut discussing his youth, critical writings, and the origins of Antoine Doinel ; television intreview with Truffaut about the global financial reception of "The 400 blows" and his own critical impression of the film ; theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; music, Jean Constantin ; producer, Georges Charlot ; editors, Marie Josèphe Yoyotte, Cécile Decugis ; Michèle de Possel.
Participant or Performer Note: Starring Jean-Piere Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen version: (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono, region 1 ; NTSC.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
In French with optional subtitles in English.

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