THE 400 BLOWS (LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS) BY FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT

The film revolves round a young school going boy called Antoine Doniel who is deprived by his parents and humiliated in the school by his teachers. The movie begins with a team of classmates passing a picture of a half naked woman while writing in class. When Antonio tries to pass it he gets caught by his teacher who makes him stand and punishes him in this recess period too. At home also he is treated as a servant by his parents who never bother to talk to him warm heartedly. Later on his mother confesses that her husband is not the biological father of him and when she conceived him, she wanted to abort him.

The film ends with Antonio escaping from the football ground and runs away to a ocean with a feeling of freedom and contentment. The film concludes with the camera zooming and freezing on Antonio's face.

Key casts of the film are Jean - Pierre Leaud as Antonio Doniel, Claire Maurier as Antonio's mother, Albert Remy as Antonio's father and others.

10 Reasons you should watch The 400 Blows:

1. Director Francois Truffaut's masterpiece creation.
2. The film will be alive with the joy of watching and making it.
3. Francois Truffaut's gives you a piercingly honest picture of a troubled adolescent boy in this movie.
4. The 400 Blows is a timeless, heartbreakingly sad French film.
5. The captivating story talking about doubts, anger, loneliness and fear of a deprived childhood.
6. The excellent cinematography by Henri Decae.
7. The soothing music by Jean Constantin.
8. The 400 Blows is one the top French language films ever made.
9. The film is one of the top 100 foreign films.
10. Jean - Pierre Leaud's mild blowing expressions.

I also recommend you to watch these two movies:

The Bride Wore Black: In this Francois Truffaut film Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her.

Small Change : The Francois Truffaut film is an episodic comedy drama composed of several sequences that explore childhood in François's humanistic style.

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