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The 400 Blows

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4 places in the collection · Paris
Place Gustave-Toudouze in Paris
Location photograph · ParisSharing · CC BY 2.0
Doinel family home exterior. Cropped photograph, not a production still.
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Paris ↗︎

Doinel family home exterior ↗︎

4 place Gustave-Toudouze, 75009 Paris

Antoine's family geography begins at place Gustave-Toudouze

The City of Paris cinema guide lists 4 place Gustave-Toudouze among the addresses associated with The 400 Blows. The apartment exterior anchors Antoine's domestic world while the map avoids claiming access to the private interior.

corroborated research record · reviewed 2026-09-27

Actual: 4 place Gustave-Toudouze
Depicted: The Doinel family home

SourcesParis — 130 ans de cinéma dans le 9e / The 400 Blows locations ↗︎
More stories at this place ↗︎
Rue de Vaugirard in ParisGFreihalter / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Location photograph

The 400 Blows school exterior ↗︎

85 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris

The school exterior keeps Antoine inside Truffaut's Paris

The City of Paris cinema guide records 85 rue de Vaugirard as one of the film's school addresses. The World distinguishes the documented exterior from classroom interiors and from the reform-school material filmed outside Paris.

corroborated research record · reviewed 2026-09-27

Actual: 85 rue de Vaugirard
Depicted: Antoine's school

SourcesParis — 130 ans de cinéma dans le 9e / The 400 Blows locations ↗︎
More stories at this place ↗︎
Eiffel Tower viewed from Champ de Mars, ParisBenh LIEU SONG · Public domain · Location photograph

Eiffel Tower / Champ de Mars ↗︎

Champ de Mars, 75007 Paris

The opening credits travel toward the Eiffel Tower

The City of Paris guide identifies the Eiffel Tower and Champ de Mars in the film's opening Paris geography. The landmark is mapped as the public site used by the moving camera, not as an invented single frame position.

verified research record · reviewed 2026-09-27

Actual: Eiffel Tower and Champ de Mars
Depicted: Opening Paris montage

SourcesParis — 130 ans de cinéma dans le 9e / The 400 Blows locations ↗︎
More stories at this place ↗︎
Avenue Frochot in ParisPolymagou · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Location photograph

Avenue Frochot ↗︎

Avenue Frochot, 75009 Paris

Avenue Frochot supplies René's exterior geography

The City of Paris guide and supporting location research identify Avenue Frochot as the exterior associated with René's home. The lane remains residential and partly private, so the record is deliberately area-level.

corroborated research record · reviewed 2026-09-27

Actual: Avenue Frochot, Pigalle
Depicted: René's home exterior

SourcesParis — 130 ans de cinéma dans le 9e / The 400 Blows locations ↗︎
More stories at this place ↗︎
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