400 Blows Extra Credit

I did not like the film The 400 Blows, written and directed by François Truffaut. In my opinion, it was a long string of depressing events in the life of the main character Antoine Doinel, played by Jean-Pierre Léaud, that did not form any real plot. All it did was show how awful Jean-Pierre’s home life was and how much he had to struggle. Although I did think that it raised some interesting themes, the other aspects of the film were sorely lacking in anything to hold my interest: the music was repetitive and obnoxious, the camera shots were often longer than was necessary or beneficial, and the acting wasn’t anything special, among other things.