Antoine Doinel (French: [ɑ̃twan dwanɛl]) is a fictional character created by François Truffaut (1932–1984) and portrayed by actor Jean-Pierre Léaud (b. 1944) in five films directed by Truffaut.

The now-classic portrait of troubled adolescence introduced a major new director in the cinematic landscape and was an inaugural gesture of the revolutionary French New Wave. But The 400 …

Written by Truffaut and Marcel Moussy, the film is about Antoine Doinel (a semi-autobiographical character), a misunderstood adolescent in Paris, who struggles with his parents and teachers …

Feb 6, 2024 · One of the earliest entries to the French New Wave canon was The 400 Blows, directed by François Truffaut. Released in 1959, the movie follows a mischievous young boy …

May 19, 2022 · Revisit the enduring delight of François Truffaut’s saga of cinema’s most flawed but lovable everyman Antoine Doinel.

Oct 25, 2022 · The now-classic portrait of troubled adolescence introduced a major new director in the cinematic landscape and was an inaugural gesture of the revolutionary French New …

May 2, 2020 · Antoine Doinel, the character of Les Quatre Cents Coups, somehow remains stuck in the psyche of the audience as the eternal teenager, leading fulfilling yet unfulfilled lives, …

Truffaut’s THE 400 BLOWS not only introduced the world to its precocious director—it also unveiled his indelible creation: Antoine Doinel.

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 …

Oct 10, 2019 · Summary: The narrative of The 400 Blows condenses events drawn from several years of Truffaut’s own childhood into what appear to be a few weeks or months in the life of …