The French New Wave (1957-1968)

I learned the French New Wave this class.  I think the most important feature of the New Wave film is that it usually has an indefinite ending and some occasional sense of humour. People always said that the New Wave is a revolution of production technology and production method. It heavy blows to those French Hollywood-style "Well-made film".

I watched the movie The Four Hundred Blows. The film tells the story of 13 year old teenager Antoine steal printer at school and his stepfather sent him to the criminal detention facility. It shows the real brutal cold social in a rebellious boy's perspective. This film filled with deep warmth and humanism concern. And this film shows the child's all the oppression in life. It is worth us to repeat viewing. In this movie, it has an ambiguous ending. The last shot was Antoine ran to the sea. When he ran, Truffaut's lens always followed and fixed the frame. It makes the ending to the  question that where Antoine would go. And this film also has a little sense of humour. The director let the important actors of the new wave Claude Brialy and Jeanne Moreau play a bit role in the film. He believes that this approach can reduce some seriousness of the atmosphere when they filming and the viewers watching.