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For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Feb 20237/10
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. When his antics finally attract the attention of the police, they decide that maybe some time in juvenile detention might not do him any harm so off he goes - but he is not there for long! It's an episodic story that raises laughs and heckles in equal measure. You cannot help but like this tearaway. It's not so much that he wants attention (though he certainly does), it is that he is has initiative. He is bored; bored of his constantly rowing parents, of the teachers who don't really care about him. He is mischievous, he likes having fun - especially with his pal "René" (Patrick Auffay) with whom he has a few escapades and even lives for a short time. Theft is a serious matter but somehow when he pinches a typewriter from his dad's office - one that doesn't work, by the way, it has to make you smile. The ending features one of these scenes from a film that you will never forget. It is s
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Cast
- Jean-Pierre LéaudAntoine Doinel
- Claire MaurierGilberte Doinel
- Albert RémyJulien Doinel
- Georges FlamantMr. Bigey
- Patrick AuffayRené
- Robert BeauvaisDirecteur de l'école
- Yvonne ClaudieMme Bigey
- Pierre ReppProfesseur d'anglais
- Guy DecombleProfesseur de français
- Daniel CouturierBetrand Mauricet
Crew
- François TruffautDirector
- François TruffautScreenplay
- Henri DecaëDirector of Photography
- Jean ConstantinOriginal Music Composer
- Marie-Josèphe YoyotteEditor
- François TruffautProducer
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