Blows | The 400

: Truffaut rejected "seamless" mainstream movies, opting for documentary-style realism , location shooting, and self-aware editing.

: After stealing a typewriter from his father's office to get money, he is caught and eventually sent to a reform school. Why It Matters The 400 Blows

: Unlike many films about kids, it avoids nostalgia, showing childhood with "unsentimental lyricism". The Iconic Ending 🌊 : Truffaut rejected "seamless" mainstream movies, opting for

: The film is semi-autobiographical, drawing heavily from Truffaut's own troubled childhood. : Truffaut rejected "seamless" mainstream movies

François Truffaut's 1959 masterpiece, The 400 Blows ( Les Quatre Cents Coups ), is much more than a coming-of-age story; it is the spark that ignited the and changed cinema forever. The Story of Antoine Doinel