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For which Academy Award was The 400 Blows nominated?

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French director Francois Truffaut stands at right speaking with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve during filming of La Sirene du Mississippi on a city street. — François Truffaut François Truffaut (far right) with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve during the filming of La Sirène du Mississipi (1969; Mississippi Mermaid).

The 1959 film The 400 Blows, directed by François Truffaut, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.1