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The 400 Blows

Summary: A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

Release Date: November 16, 1959

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: François Truffaut

Writers: François Truffaut

, Marcel Moussy

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films du Carrosse, Sédif Productions

Distributor: Zenith International Films, Fox Lorber, HBO Max, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 509

International: $ 190,169

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12 year old boy accusation of plagiarism adolescence adulterous wife adultery affection amusement park antoine doinel character argument arrest authoritarianism beach bicycle bitchy wife breaking the fourth wall brief nudity buttocks candle cat character's point of view camera shot chase child abuse child born out of wedlock child protagonist classmate classroom colloquialism in title coming of age corporal punishment cuckold dining room dining table directorial debut dog drinking milk driving a car dysfunctional family dysfunctional marriage eavesdropping eiffel tower paris ends with freeze frame english lesson escape examination family dinner family relationships father slaps his son father son conflict father son relationship fence fingerprinting fire football forgery france freeze frame french new wave friend friendship friendship between boys garbage graviton hope husband wife conflict illegitimate child independent film jail judge juvenile delinquency juvenile delinquent key kiss lie long take looking at the camera man grabs woman's breast metaphoric title milk mise en scene montmartre paris mother son conflict mother son relationship movie theater mugshot neglected child nouvelle vague number in title overhead camera shot parent child conflict parent child relationship paris france petty criminal pigalle plagiarist police police officer police station police van printing press prostitute public humiliation pun in title punishment puppet show recess reference to archimedes reference to honore de balzac reform school reformatory rescue robbery runaway teen running running away from home running on a beach sarcasm school schoolboy schoolteacher sea secret semi autobiographical shouting shrine skipping school speaking english strict teacher suspended from school teacher student relationship tears teenage boy tenement theft truancy typewriter underage smoking writing on a wall

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