The 400 Blows
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1959 |
| Country | France |
| Director | François Truffaut |
| Cast | Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble |
| Genre | Drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The 400 Blows | – |
| Español | Los cuatrocientos golpes | – |
| Français | Les Quatre Cents Coups | – |
| Deutsch | Sie küssten und sie schlugen ihn | – |
| Português | Os Incompreendidos | – |
| Italiano | I quattrocento colpi | – |
| Русский | Четыреста ударов | Chetyresta udarov |
| 中文（简体） | 四百击 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 四百擊 | – |
| 한국어 | 400번의 구타 | Sabaek beon-ui guta |
| ไทย | 400 โบลว์ส | Si roi blows |
| Tiếng Việt | Bốn trăm cú đánh | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The 400 Blows | – |
| 日本語 | 大人は判ってくれない | Otona wa wakatte kurenai |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which childhood selfhood and adult institutional judgment collide within punitive social misrecognition.
■ Synopsis
A neglected boy is repeatedly misunderstood by family, school, and authority until escape becomes his only remaining form of self-assertion.
■ RECIPE Tags
#MisreadChildhood #InstitutionalAlienation #PunitiveOrder #UnresolvedEscape
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Childhood judged before being understood
Reason: Adult systems interpret distress as misconduct.
Related Film: Kes - Middle: Punishment producing the deviance it claims to correct
Reason: Discipline deepens exile instead of restoring relation.
Related Film: Pixote - Core: Escape without salvation
Reason: Flight opens space but gives no resolved answer.
Related Film: Mouchette
■ Secondary Axes
- Family as failed refuge: The home cannot protect the child from institutional reduction.
Related Film: Nobody Knows - Childhood forced into adult ruin: A child bears consequences created by broken adult worlds.
Related Film: Germany Year Zero
■ Person
- Director: François Truffaut
- Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble
■ Structural Tags
#AuthorityMisrecognition #PunitiveCausality #ExitWithoutResolution
■ Attribute Tags
#France #1959Film #FrenchNewWave
