The Adventures of Antoine Doinel: Difference between revisions

 

[[Mood Whiplash|The rest of them ...]] well, imagine if [[American Beauty]] had a sequel featuring [[Thora Birch]] and Mena Suvari as Manhattan fashionistas vying for the affection of Matthew Mc Conaughey. In order:

 

* '''The 400 Blows:''' This film introduces Antoine, a Parisian bastard child with a cold, adulterous mother and an argumentative stepfather. The film follows him as, after a series of injustices, he becomes a juvenile delinquent and his family abandons him. The title comes from the French slang term "faire les quatre cents coups" which means something like "raising hell" or "living a wild life." Considerably [[Darker and Edgier]] than the next four films. It snagged Truffaut the Best Director award at Cannes at the tender age of 27.

 

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