The 400 Blows Apr 2026

: Bored and rebellious, he skips class and frequently clashes with authoritarian teachers.

: Truffaut rejected "seamless" mainstream movies, opting for documentary-style realism , location shooting, and self-aware editing. The 400 Blows

: Unlike many films about kids, it avoids nostalgia, showing childhood with "unsentimental lyricism". The Iconic Ending 🌊 : Bored and rebellious, he skips class and

: Antoine is ignored by his mother and merely tolerated by his stepfather. : Bored and rebellious

: 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 film is semi-autobiographical, drawing heavily from Truffaut's own troubled childhood.