IIM Lucknow Movie Club

Les Quatre Cents Coups or The 400 blows as inappropriately translated into English, is a French new wave film about juvenile delinquency. It deals with the issue of how things go wrong in adolescence. Everyone can easily relate to this movie. The acting by the boy is brilliant, he went on to star in a series of movies based on his future life, by the same director, François Truffaut. The movie holds a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and also has been cited as a favorite by Akiro Kurosawa

La meglio gioventu (The Best of Youth) is an Italian film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It won the prestigious "Un Certain Regard" award at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. The movie is kinda between a lengthy movie and a mini-series, being more than 6 hours in length, but it's truly worth the watch as you'll find yourself get connected with the characters through the 40+ years of their lives shown on screen. "The film aims to show the interaction of the personal and the political, the ways in which small events may become turning points in the important choices made by individuals."