The 400 Blows (1959)
Directed by Francois
Truffaut this film stars Jean-Pierre Leaud, Albert Remy and Claire
Maurier. A 12 year boy growing up in Paris gets into trouble
constantly at both school and home.
What works best about
this film is the way the plot slowly reveals why the protagonist has
turned to a life of misbehaviour. The story shows how youth at the
time could be neglected then written off so easily by those around
them. Fitting clearly into the realist style of film making that had
come out of Italy the film is well made with a final scene well worth
waiting for.
4/5
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