Cinema: LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS (1959), in 400 words

🎥 Let’s kick off the new school year with a cult film about kids in school. And what a film! This 1959 semi-biographical master piece from the French New Wave by François Truffaut was nominated for an Oscar, as well as the Palme d’Or in Cannes, and is #9 in TimeOut’s 100 best French movies of all time ( https://www.timeout.com/paris/en/film/best-french-movies ). There are countless rankings online that put "The 400 Blows" at the top, but it’s always better to watch, or rewatch it and share your opinion with us. 🎬 Watch The 400 Blows on Youtube US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvjUhgtn_-U 🔗 Check out the BFI's top 50 films for children up to the age of 14 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525190334/http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/conferences/watchthis/top50.html ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com