Sensitively recreating the trials of Truffaut's own childhood, portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime.
1 videodisc (99 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches monochrome digital optical NTSC video file DVD video region 1
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Other Title:
Four hundred blows Quatre cents coups
Notes:
"Fully restored. New translation and subtitles"--Container Originally released as a motion picture in 1959 Special features: Two audio commentaries, one by cinema professor Brian Stonehill and the other by director 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 at 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; PLUS: an essay by film scholar Annette Insdorf Cinematography, Henri Decae ; editors, Marie Josephe Yoyotte, Cecile Decugis and de Possel ; music, Jean Constantin Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Guy Decombie, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay For private home use only In French ; with English subtitles
