The 400 Blows Now

After a string of misunderstandings and punishments—skipping class, lying, forging a note—Antoine is sent to a reform school. There, the system’s cold routines crush his attempts at connection. He plans an escape: a desperate, impulsive flight through Parisian streets that ends at the sea. Standing on the shoreline, Antoine faces the horizon, uncertain but briefly elated by the taste of liberty.