ARTE.tv Documentary

The Cinema of Jean-Pierre Léaud (2024x46)

Air date: Sep 30, 2024

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.