Les quatre cents coups

Truffaut, François, (screenwriter,, film director.). Moussy, Marcel, 1924-1995 (screenwriter.). Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944- (actor.). Maurier, Claire, (actor.). Rémy, Albert, 1911-1967 (actor.). Decomble, Guy, 1910-1964 (actor.). Flamant, Georges, 1903-1990 (actor.). Auffay, Patrick, (actor.). Kanayan, Richard, (actor.). Moati, Serge, (actor.). Andrieux, Luc, 1917-1977 (actor.). Mansard, Claude, (actor.). Virlojeux, Henri, (actor.). Decae, Henri, (director of photography.). Evein, Bernard, 1929-2006 (set designer.). Constantin, Jean, (composer (expression)). Yoyotte, Marie-Josèphe, (film editor.). Decugis, Cécile, (film editor.). Possel, Michele de, (film editor.). Stonehill, Brian, (commentator.). Lachenay, Robert, (commentator.). Insdorf, Annette, (writer of supplementary textual content.). Janus Films, (production company.). MK2 Diffusion (Firm), (production company.). S.E.D.I.F, (production company.). Films du carrosse (Firm), (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay ; children, Daniel Couturier, François Nocher, Richard Kanayan, Renaud Fontanarosa, Michel Girard, Henry Moati, Bernard Abbou, Jean-François Bergouignan, Michel Lesignor ; with Luc Andrieux, Robert Beauvais, Bouchon, Christian Brocard, Yvonne Claudi, Marius Laurey, Claude Mansard, Jacques Monod, Pierre Repp, Henri Virlogeux. (Cast).

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Antoine Doinet lives in a cramped apartment with his mother and stepfather, neglected by them and unlucky at school. Living an intensely imaginative life of his own he gets into trouble and is finally committed to reform school from which he escapes and runs towards the sea, which he has never seen.

Item details

ISBN: 9781604658309
ISBN: 1604658304
Physical Description: videodisc
2 videodiscs (99 min.) : Blu-ray, DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Distributor: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Copyright: 2014

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959. Container insert includes an essay "Close to home" by film scholar Annette Insdorf. Special features: Commentaries: Brian Stonehill commentary (cinema professor); Robert Lachenay commentary (lifelong friend of Truffaut); Auditions (featuring screen tests of Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan, 7 min.); Cannes 1959 (newsreel interview footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud at Cannes, 6 min.); Cinéastes de notre temps (television program excerpt featuring interviews with Truffaut and friends, 1965, 23 min.); Cinépanorama (television excerpt interview of Truffaut, 1960, 7 min.); Trailer (4 min.). All features available on both formats.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; set decoration, Bernard Evein ; music, Jean Constantin ; editors, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Cécile Decugis, Michèle de Possel.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay ; children, Daniel Couturier, François Nocher, Richard Kanayan, Renaud Fontanarosa, Michel Girard, Henry Moati, Bernard Abbou, Jean-François Bergouignan, Michel Lesignor ; with Luc Andrieux, Robert Beauvais, Bouchon, Christian Brocard, Yvonne Claudi, Marius Laurey, Claude Mansard, Jacques Monod, Pierre Repp, Henri Virlogeux.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	Blu-ray: region A, Dolby Digital mono, 2.35:1 aspect ratio. DVD: NTSC, region 1, Dolby Dgitial mono, 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
Language Note:	In French with optional English subtitles.
Awards Note:	Cannes Film Festival, 1959: OCIC Award; Best director.