🎥 The Audition That Changed Cinema Forever In 1958, a shy 14-year-old boy walked into a cramped audition room in Paris. His name? Jean-Pierre Léaud. François Truffaut was searching for someone to play Antoine Doinel in The 400 Blows—a role based on his own childhood. When Léaud spoke, he didn’t just recite lines. He confessed, pouring his own youthful rage and tenderness into every word. Truffaut knew instantly: this was Antoine. > “I owe everything to that meeting with Truffaut. My life and An