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· French · 1944–

Jean-Pierre Léaud

French actor who, as a boy, played Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's The 400 Blows and grew into one of the defining faces of the New Wave, working repeatedly with Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.

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Lived
1944–
Born
1944
Nationality
French
Roles
Actor

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Works that credit Jean-Pierre.

People Jean-Pierre Léaud Knew

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Illustrated portrait of François Truffaut

François Truffaut

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Collaborated with · 1959–1979

Truffaut cast Léaud as Antoine Doinel in The 400 Blows and kept returning to the character with the same actor for twenty years, through Antoine et Colette, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, and Love on the Run.

— Encyclopaedia Britannica — The 400 Blows; Truffaut par Truffaut: Les Films du Carrosse — La Cinémathèque française

Connections and Sources

Jean-Pierre Léaud’s connections to people, places, and works, with the sources behind each one.

Collaborated with · 1959–1979

François Truffaut

Truffaut cast Léaud as Antoine Doinel in The 400 Blows and kept returning to the character with the same actor for twenty years, through Antoine et Colette, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, and Love on the Run.

— Encyclopaedia Britannica — The 400 Blows; Truffaut par Truffaut: Les Films du Carrosse — La Cinémathèque française

Performed in · 1959

The 400 Blows

Léaud was a schoolboy when Truffaut cast him as Antoine Doinel, the part he went on to play in four more Truffaut films.

— Encyclopaedia Britannica — The 400 Blows; John Conomos, Senses of Cinema — Truffaut's The 400 Blows, or the Sea, Antoine, the Sea… (2000)

References

References

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  1. 1Encyclopaedia Britannica — The 400 Blows

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  2. 2Truffaut par Truffaut: Les Films du Carrosse — La Cinémathèque française

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  1. 3Senses of Cinema — Truffaut's The 400 Blows, or the Sea, Antoine, the Sea…

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    Senses of Cinema, 2000
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  2. 4Jean-Pierre Léaud — festival filmography

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