European Film Festival : The 400 Blows (1959)
PRESENTED BY FILMS AT MANSHIP
Featuring an introduction by LSU Ph.D. student, Mark Hue
Country: French
Genre: Family/Drama
Film Description:
François Truffaut’s first feature is also his most personal. Told from the point of view of Truffaut’s cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) sensitively re-creates the trials of Truffaut’s own childhood, unsentimentally portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, and petty crime. The film marked Truffaut’s passage from leading critic to trailblazing auteur of the French New Wave.
Directed by: François Truffaut
Written by: François Truffaut
Starring: François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Patrick Auffay
About Mark Hue:
Mark Hue is a second-year English Ph.D. student at LSU with a focus in film studies. Born in Thibodaux, Louisiana, he graduated from Nicholls State University in May of 2023, earning a bachelor’s degree in English with concentrations in film and literary studies. Mark has been published in Chênière: The Nicholls Undergraduate Humanities Review and has presented papers at the LSU's Mardi Gras Conference, the South Central Modern Language Association Conference, and the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference in 2024.
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