What is the masterpiece of Four Hundred Strikes? It is one of the masterpieces of French New Wave movies, directed by Truffaut.

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The film "Four Hundred Strikes" focuses on the growth of young Anthony, and through the detailed depiction of a "problem of juvenile", it reflects the young man's confusion about reality and his desire for warmth and freedom. The sea is not a destination, and teenagers have no way to find it.

This film is a semi-autobiography of director Truffaut, based on his childhood experience. Even so, he kept an objective and documentary attitude towards the hero, and made no secret of his rebellious deeds, but with sincere love and interest in this role, he deeply analyzed the difficulties brought to the boy by his family and school.

It tells the story that Antoine, a 14-year-old boy, is not from family of origin. Her mother was pregnant before marriage, and after he was born, she formed a family with her stepfather. However, his stepfather is going to the club at the weekend, and his mother is still having an affair outside, lacking care and discipline for Antoine, so Antoine has become very self-centered and rebellious.

He was regarded as a thorn in his side by the teacher because of his petty actions in class, contradicting the teacher and playing truant, and his parents sent him to the juvenile delinquent correction center because of his unsuccessful attempt to steal his stepfather's expensive typewriter. At the end of the film, he escaped and ran to the beach, feeling deeply confused in the face of the sea he had never seen before.

At the end, Antoine, the protagonist, escapes from the juvenile detention center, which is a classic of film history. This part consists of three long shots. In the first 8-second long shot, Antoine kept running, trying to cross a large farm. The whole process adopts panoramic side-tracking and simultaneous radio, without background music, only Antoine's hurried footsteps and tactfully singing birds.

In the second 53-second long shot, the music starts, and the shot adopts a long-range perspective. Antoine first enters the painting from the right, then the camera leaves Antoine and slowly shakes the Seine River in the direction he runs. Then Antoine's running back came back into the painting. He paused for a moment, then ran again, as if he had found his destination.

The third 71-second long shot filmed Antoine running to the beach. He first walked down the steps between the dams, then trotted to the sea, leaving a series of footprints on the beach.

The lens changes from a distant view to a panoramic view, and the shooting changes from panning to following. So far, with the hero successfully breaking free and heading for freedom, the audience's emotions continue to be expressed and rising.

Antoine finally ran to the seaside symbolizing freedom and let the sea beat his feet. However, when the camera is fixed, Antoine seems to have touched freedom, but he doesn't know how to accept it. He walked towards the camera and finally looked at the camera. At this time, the camera was fixed and quickly advanced, and Antoine's eyes full of complex emotions stared at the audience for a long time.