Jean-Pierre Léaud

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Birth Name: Jean-Pierre Léaud

Age: 79, born 28 May 1944

Country of origin: France

Height: 5' 7"

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They talk with their eyes (100 items)
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Published 12 years, 8 months ago

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Almost like a painting (32 items)
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Published 9 years, 5 months ago

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109 votes

Best perfomances in cinema (89 items)
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Published 13 years, 4 months ago

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His Classic Cigarette (24 items)
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Published 14 years, 5 months ago

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Vintage Cannes (22 items)
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Published 12 years, 4 months ago

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JEAN-PIERRE LÉAUD'S FIRST AUDITION FOR THE 400 BLOWS

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Description: The son of French writer/director Pierre Léaud and actress Jacqueline Pierreux, Jean-Pierre Léaud used none of his connections to win his first screen role. The 15-year-old Léaud answered an open call posted by François Truffaut, and as a result was cast as troubled adolescent Antoine Doinel in Truffaut's The 400 Blows. It is now generally accepted that the character of Antoine Doinel was conceived as Truffaut's alter ego, reenacting the triumphs and traumas of the director's life, not only in 400 Blows but also as the protagonist of the subsequent Antoine and Colette (1962, part of the episode film Love at Twenty), Stolen K ... (more)