Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokuona "Touch of Evil" yaOrson Welles pa
PaExpo 58, Truffaut akaita firimu rake rekutanga rekutungamira ne "The 400 Blows" (1959), iyo yakagamuchira kurumbidzwa kwakanyanya uye kwekutengeserana. Akakunda mubairo weMutungamiriri Akanakisisa pa1959 Cannes Film Festival. Firimu rinotevera hunhu hwaAntoine Doinel kuburikidza nemabasa ake ane njodzi muchikoro, hupenyu hwemumba husina mufaro uye gare gare chikoro chekugadzirisa. Iyi firimu inotaura nezvoupenyu hwomunhu. Vose vari vaviri Truffaut naDoinel vakanga vari vana voga vemichato isina rudo; vose vari vaviri vakaita mhaka duku dzokuba uye kusaenda kuchikoro kubva kuhondo. Truffaut akasarudza Jean-Pierre Léaud kuti atambe chinzvimbo chaDoinel. Léaud akaonekwa semukomanawo zvake ane makore gumi nemana akaedza kuita basa iri mushure mekuona flyer, asi kubvunzurudzwa mushure mekuburitswa kwefirimu (imwe inosanganisirwa paCriterion DVD yefirimu) inoratidza hunyanzvi hwaLéaud uye kunzwisisa kwekutanga kwekuita kamera. Léaud naTruffaut vakabatana pamafirimu anoverengeka mumakore akapfuura. Kubatana kwavo kunoshamisa zvikuru kwaiva kupfuurira kwenyaya yaDoinel mumutsara wemafirimu anonzi "The Antoine Doinel Cycle".