The 400 Blows
NR

The 400 Blows

Angel faces hell-bent for violence.

1959 • 99 min • Drama

Our family guide

Best from age 13
90
Movie Knight Score
2359 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
  • 80 Audience · 2358 · 49%

Antoine Doinel, akihisi kutoeleweka na kupuuzwa na wazazi wake na walimu huko Paris ya miaka ya 1950, anapata faraja katika uhuni na urafiki. Vitendo vyake vya uasi vinaongezeka, vikimpeleka kwenye mzozo na mamlaka na hatimaye kituo cha kurekebisha tabia cha watoto. Tamthilia hii ya kitambo ya ujana inachunguza ujana wenye changamoto.

Violence & peril
2/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
1/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
2/10

Heads up

  • Mandhari ya kupuuzwa na kutoelewana na wazazi
  • Matukio madogo ya wizi mdogo na utoro
  • Taswira ya kituo cha kurekebisha tabia cha watoto

What it models well

  • Ustahimilivu katika mazingira magumu
  • Umuhimu wa urafiki wa kweli
  • Kutafuta uelewa na huruma

Talk about it after

  • Kukabiliana na changamoto za kifamilia
  • Matokeo ya maamuzi na uasi
  • Changamoto za kukua
  • Ni nini hufanya adhabu kuwa ya haki?

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Top billed cast

Director: François Truffaut • Crew: François Truffaut

Trailers & clips

Mark Kermode reviews The 400 Blows (1959) | BFI Player

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Jean-Pierre Léaud at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival for 400 Blows

Reviewer notes

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Jean-Pierre Léaud is super in this story of a troubled young lad who goes from having troubles at school to petty crime, all under the not so very watchful gazes of his adulteress mother (Claire Maurier) and happy-go-lucky father (Albert Rémy) who spend most of their time squabbling with each other.…

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