The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups)

1959
France
1h 41min
PG

Directed by: François Truffaut
Written by: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble
Language: French

Still amazingly fresh after all these years, Truffaut's debut about a 13-year-old Parisian boy's odyssey through his depressing family life is intensely moving and startlingly perceptive about childhood. A masterpiece.

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