Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuona "Touch of Evil" yaOrson Welles paExpo 58
Muna 1959, Truffaut akaita firimu rake rokutanga rokutungamirira nefirimu rinonzi "The 400 Blows" (1959), iro rakakurumbira zvikuru uye rakashambadzirwa. 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".