The 400 Blows

"I have no socks left around these holes."

"Now, Doinel, go get some water and erase those insanities, or I'll make you lick the wall, my friend."

"Doinel, if your paper is first today, it's because I've decided to give the results beginning with the worst."

"Every time I cried, my father would imitate me on his fiddle, just to drive me nuts. One day I got fed up and I knocked him out."

"[to Antoine about another boy in the reformatory] He escaped a week ago, but they got him. Around here to escape is bad enough, but getting caught is worse."

"If she drops her pen, pick it up, but don't look at her legs. Or else it will be on your record."

"I'm an unstable psychotic individual with perverted tendencies."

"Jean-Pierre Léaud - Antoine Doinel"

"Claire Maurier - Gilberte Doinel - la mère d'Antoine"

"Albert Rémy - Julien Doinel"

"Guy Decomble - 'Petite Feuille', the French teacher"

"Georges Flamant - Mr. Bigey"

"Patrick Auffay - René"

"Daniel Couturier - Betrand Mauricet"