Blu-ray
The 400 blows = Les quatre cents coups
Call Number
- BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray special ed.
Languages
In French, with English subtitles.
Performers
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (unpaged : ill. ; 16 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Series
Summary
Antoine Doinel is a young Parisian boy who is neglected by his derelict parents, skips out on school, sneaks into movies, runs away from home, steals things, and tries, with disastrous results, to return them. Like most kids, he gets into more trouble for things he thinks are right than for his actual trespasses. But, unlike most kids, he gets whacked with the big stick. He lives in a Paris filled with dingy flats, seedy arcades, abandoned factories, and workaday streets. Paris is a city that seems big and full of possibilities only when seen through the eyes of a child.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Special features: Restored, high-definition digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; Two audio commentaries, one by cinema professor Brian Stonehill and the other by François Truffaut's lifelong friend Robert Lachenay ; rare audition footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan ; newsreel footage from the film's showing in Cannes ; excerpt from a 1965 interview with Truffaut in which he discusses his youth, his critical writings, and the origins of the character Antoine Doinel ; excerpt from a 1960 interview with Truffaut about the global reception of The 400 blows and his own critical view of the film ; trailer.