(1959) 99 min., Truffaut, B&W. Francois Truffaut's first and most personal feature film, told from the perspective of the director's lifelong cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel. Sensitively recreating the trials of Truffaut's own childhood, The 400 Blows unsentimentally portrays aloof parents, oppressive teacher's petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime. DVD.