The 400 blows = Les quatre cents coups

The 400 blows Les quatre cents coups

DVD - 2014

Thirteen-year-old Antoine Doinet lives in a cramped apartment with his mother and stepfather, neglected by them and unlucky at school. Living an intensely 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.

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Subjects
Doinel, Antoine > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Reformatories > France > Drama.
Teenage boys > France > Drama.
Male juvenile delinquents > France.
Parent and child > Drama.
Criminal behavior > Drama.
New wave films.
Teacher-student relationships > Drama.
Feature films.
Crime films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Crime films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection c2014.
Language
French
English
Corporate Authors
S.E.D.I.F, Films du carrosse (Firm), MK2 Diffusion (Firm)
Corporate Authors
S.E.D.I.F (production company), Films du carrosse (Firm) (presenter), MK2 Diffusion (Firm)
Other Authors
François Truffaut (film director), Marcel Moussy, 1924-1995 (adapter), Georges Charlot (film producer), Jean-Pierre Léaud, 1944- (actor), Albert Rémy, 1911-1967 (composer), Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble, 1910-1964, Georges Flamant, 1903-1990, Patrick Auffay, Jean Constantin
Edition
DVD special edition ; widescreen
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Special features: optional audio commentary by cinema professor Brian Stonehill; optional audio commentary by Robert Lachenay; "Auditions" featuring screen tests of Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan (7 min.); "Cannes 1959" newsreel interview footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud at Cannes (6 min.); "Cinéastes de notre temps" television program excerpt featuring interviews with Truffaut and friends (23 min.); "Cinépanorama" television excerpt interview of Truffaut (7 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.).
Physical Description
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital mono.
Audience
Not rated.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, 1959: OCIC Award; Best director.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; editors, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Cécile Decugis, Michèle de Possel ; music, Jean Constantin.
ISBN
9781559409735
9781681432724
Contents unavailable.

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