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4 unusual facts about The 400 Blows


André Bazin

François Truffaut dedicated The 400 Blows to Bazin, who died one day after shooting commenced on the film.

Les 400 Coups

The 400 Blows, (French: Les Quatre Cents Coups), a 1959 French film directed by François Truffaut

The 400 Blows

The film has similarities with Bari Theke Paliye (The Runaway), a 1958 Bengali film by director Ritwik Ghatak.

Filmmakers Akira Kurosawa, Luis Buñuel, Satyajit Ray, Jean Cocteau, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Richard Lester and Norman Jewison have cited The 400 Blows as one of their favorite movies.


The Film Club

The films that David Gilmour watches with his son includes Citizen Kane, Showgirls, Pulp Fiction, Last Tango in Paris, The 400 Blows, Ran, Singin' in the Rain, The Exorcist and Basic Instinct.


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