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Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Biography

Jean-Pierre Léaud (born May 28, 1944) is a French actor, best known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's series of films about that character, beginning with The 400 Blows (1959). He also worked with Aki Kaurismäki, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jacques Rivette, and Tsai Ming-liang. He is a significant figure of the French New Wave, having appeared in eight films by Jean-Luc Godard and seven by François Truffaut.

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Fevered Fantasies: The Dreamers’ Seductive Spell

on The Dreamers | Aug 24, 2025

Ever wonder what happens when youthful rebellion collides with cinematic obsession in a Parisian apartment? Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers (2003) answers with a heady cocktail of lust, politics, a... Read more

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