The 400 blows

The Story of Antoine who is a poor child from very little upbringings and a mom and a stepfather who argue allot His teacher singles him out and punishes him he gets in allot of trouble and wants to pawn his stepfathers typewriter with his friend and they cant pawn it Antoine gets caught and taken by the police to the Magistrate where his parents say he is incorrigible and is sent to a work camp by the sea. spends some time there breaks out and runs straight to the see where the movie ends.
Director: Francois Truffaut
Writers: Francois Truffaut (Scenario) Marcel Moussy (adaptation)
Release Date: June 3rd 1959 Paris
Genre: Crime Drama

Cast

(Cast overview, first billed only)

	Jean-Pierre Léaud	...	Antoine Doinel
	Claire Maurier	...	Gilberte Doinel - la mère d'Antoine
	Albert Rémy	...	Julien Doinel
	Guy Decomble	...	'Petite Feuille', the French teacher
	Georges Flamant	...	Mr. Bigey
	Patrick Auffay	...	René
	Daniel Couturier	...	Betrand Mauricet
	François Nocher	...	Un enfant / Child
	Richard Kanayan	...	Un enfant / Child
	Renaud Fontanarosa	...	Un enfant / Child
	Michel Girard	...	Un enfant / Child
	Serge Moati	...	Un enfant / Child (as Henry Moati)
	Bernard Abbou	...	Un enfant / Child
	Jean-François Bergouignan	...	Un enfant / Child
	Michel Lesignor	...	Un enfant / Child

Academy Awards, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1960	Nominated	Oscar	Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen François Truffaut Marcel Moussy
BAFTA Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1961	Nominated	BAFTA Film Award	Best Film from any Source François Truffaut France.
			Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Jean-Pierre Léaud France.
Bodil Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1960	Won	Bodil	Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film) François Truffaut (director)
Cannes Film Festival
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1959	Won	Best Director	François Truffaut
		OCIC Award	François Truffaut
	Nominated	Golden Palm	François Truffaut
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1960	Won	Critics Award	Best Film François Truffaut Tied with Hiroshima mon amour (1959).
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1959	Won	NYFCC Award	Best Foreign Language Film France.
Sant Jordi Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1961	Won	Sant Jordi	Best Foreign Director (Mejor Director Extranjero) François Truffaut