François Truffaut's 1959 masterpiece, The 400 Blows ( Les Quatre Cents Coups ), is much more than a coming-of-age story; it is the spark that ignited the and changed cinema forever. The Story of Antoine Doinel
The film concludes with one of the most famous shots in movie history: The 400 Blows
: After stealing a typewriter from his father's office to get money, he is caught and eventually sent to a reform school. Why It Matters François Truffaut's 1959 masterpiece, The 400 Blows (