Jean-Pierre Léaud - The Child of Cinema

Jean-Pierre Léaud - The Child of Cinema (2024)

August 28th, 20241h 4min

Documentary
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Overview

A cult figure of the French New Wave, Jean-Pierre Léaud was revealed to cinema-goers in the starring role of Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut’s semi-autobiographical film The 400 Blows (1959), a character he would play again in several Truffaut films.


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