The 400 Blows _verified_

Léo almost laughed. Worry required love. His mother had cried only once over him—the day his real father stopped sending checks. Those tears weren’t for Léo. They were for money.

(Nouvelle Vague), a movement that revolutionized cinema by prioritizing personal artistic expression over traditional studio polished styles. The Criterion Collection The Story: "To Raise Hell" The title comes from the French idiom " faire les quatre cents coups ," which translates to raising hell . The film follows 12-year-old Antoine Doinel the 400 blows