François truffaut's directorial debut introduces his enduring alter ego, antoine doinel jean pierre léaud – a misunderstood 12 year old, neglected by his parents and mistreated by repressive schoolteachers, who seeks refuge in truancy, petty crime and, above all, cinema.truffaut's most autobiographical film is widely regarded as one of the all time great coming of age movies'. '.strtoupper('a') cinematic landmark that heralded the french new wave, this rebellious, award winning milestone is presented here on blu ray, from a new 4k restoration.presented in high definition from a new 4k restorationaudio commentary by robert lachenay 2002audition footage 7 mins jean pierre léaud, patrick auffay and richard kanayan in screen tests for the 400 blowsles mistons 1957, 18 mins truffaut develops his distinctive style in this early shorttruffaut, bazin, renoir a love story 2022, 20 mins film academic catherine wheatley's illustrated presentation, recorded at 'françois truffaut's cinematic and literary influences study day', bfi southbankimages of paris documentary gems from the bfi national archive, including panorama around the eiffel tower 1900, 1 min, metropolitan railway of paris 1913, 6 mins, and lunch on the eiffel tower 1914, 1 minoriginal theatrical trailer2022 theatrical trailerstills galleryfirst pressing only illustrated booklet with new essays by ellen cheshire and kieron mccormack