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Summary:

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.

Contributors:

Truffaut, François , screenwriter, film director

Moussy, Marcel, 1924-1995 , screenwriter

Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944- , actor

Maurier, Claire , actor

Rémy, Albert, 1911-1967 , actor

Decomble, Guy, 1910-1964 , actor

Flamant, Georges, 1903-1990 , actor

Auffay, Patrick , actor

Kanayan, Richard , actor

Moati, Serge , actor

Andrieux, Luc, 1917-1977 , actor

Mansard, Claude , actor

Virlojeux, Henri , actor

Decae, Henri , director of photography

Evein, Bernard, 1929-2006 , set designer

Constantin, Jean , composer

Yoyotte, Marie-Josèphe , editor of moving image work

Decugis, Cécile , editor of moving image work

Possel, Michele de , editor of moving image work

Stonehill, Brian , commentator

Lachenay, Robert , commentator

Insdorf, Annette , writer of supplementary textual content

Janus Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

MK2 Diffusion (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

S.E.D.I.F. , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Films du carrosse (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

French
English

Language Notes:

In French with optional English subtitles.

Main Work:

Quatre cents coups (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 5

Alternate Titles:

English title on disc label and container: 400 blows

Subjects:

Doinel, Antoine (Fictitious character) — Drama

Abused children — France — Paris — Drama

Teenage boys — France — Paris — Drama

Juvenile delinquents — France — Paris — Drama

France — Social life and customs — 20th century — Drama

Parent and child — Drama

Teacher-student relationships — Drama

Criminal behavior — Drama

Doinel, Antoine (Fictitious character)

1900-1999

Teenage boys

Juvenile delinquents

Manners and customs

Parent and child

Teacher-student relationships

Criminal behavior

Motion pictures, French

Abused children

France — Paris

France

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films

Fiction films

Crime films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Motion pictures, French

French language films

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray: region A; Dolby Digital mono, 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

Performers:

Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay ; children, Daniel Couturier, François Nocher, Richard Kanayan, Renaud Fontanarosa, Michel Girard, Henry Moati, Bernard Abbou, Jean-François Bergouignan, Michel Lesignor ; with Luc Andrieux, Robert Beauvais, Bouchon, Christian Brocard, Yvonne Claudi, Marius Laurey, Claude Mansard, Jacques Monod, Pierre Repp, Henri Virlogeux.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; set decoration, Bernard Evein ; music, Jean Constantin ; editors, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Cécile Decugis, Michèle de Possel.

General Notes:

Wide screen (2.35:1).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Container insert includes an essay "Close to home" by film scholar Annette Insdorf.
All content available in both formats.
Special features: Commentaries: Brian Stonehill commentary (cinema professor); Robert Lachenay commentary (lifelong friend of Truffaut); 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, 1965, 23 min.); Cinépanorama (television excerpt interview of Truffaut, 1960, 7 min.); Trailer (4 min.).
Cannes Film Festival, 1959: OCIC Award; Best director.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; Dolby Digital 1.0

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

QUA 1959 BLU

ISBNs:

9781604658309
1604658304

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515114318
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2349BDDVD-1 (Blu-ray)
Publisher Number, Criterion: CC2735BD

OCLC Numbers:

1053608467
877832614 [Invalid]