DVD
The 400 blows = Les quatre cents coups
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In French, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Antoine and Colette: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay, Rosy Varte, François Darbon, Jean-François Adam.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2003]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Series
Summary
François Truffaut's first feature is also his most personal. Told through the eyes of Truffaut's cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel, The 400 blows sensitively recreates the trials of Truffaut's own difficult childhood, unsentimentally portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime. Also included is Antoine and Colette, Truffaut's acclaimed 30-minute film from the 1962 omnibus feature L'amour à vingt ans.
Notes
400 blows: Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Antoine and Colette: Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Issued in collection: The adventures of Antoine Doinel.
Special features: two audio commentaries on The 400 blows ; rare audition footage ; newsreel footage of the movie's screening at the Cannes Film Festival ; excerpt from a French TV program with Truffaut ; television interview with Truffaut ; theatrical trailer for The 400 blows.