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THE 400 BLOWS

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT | FRANCE | 1959| 99 MIN | NR | FRENCH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Part of the Sight and Sound 100 series
BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #50

Snagging the Best Director award at Cannes in 1959, Truffaut’s directorial debut captures the dissolution of childhood as the world of crime becomes a lucrative escape for young Antoine, a neglected Parisian boy.

Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier

Part of the Philadelphia Film Society’s FILM ESSENTIALS series.
With Film Essentials at the Philadelphia Film Center, PFS is giving audiences the chance to experience some of cinema’s greatest treasures as they were meant to be seen: on the biggest screen in Center City!