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| Nelson_Mandela 06/26/19 11:43:15 AM #39: | #58. The 400 Blows https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Quatre_coups2.jpg Dir: Franois Truffaut Genre: Drama, Coming of Age Year: 1959 SephG Superlative: The greatest French film ever made The granddaddy of French New Wave. It seems like a typical story now--a semi-autobiographical film depicting the troubled youth of a future artist--but back in 1959, this was nothing short of groundbreaking. The realism and honesty of The 400 Blows had seldom been seen in cinema before, and this opened the door to the medium being a vessel for a bigger truth. The 400 Blows chronicles the early adolescence of Antoine, an obvious stand-in for Truffaut himself, as he rebels against authority. The movie is simultaneously funny and heartbreaking and is so honest that it almost makes you want to leap into the screen to help these naive and ignorant characters. Antoine's ultimate fate is also equally tragic and hopeful, with the final shot being one of my favorites in all of foreign cinema. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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