Un Condamné à Mort S'est Échappé ou Le Vent Souffle Où Il Veut (1956)
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Duration: 101 minuten
Alternative title: A Man Escaped
Country:
France
Directed by: Robert Bresson
Stars: François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche and Maurice Beerblock
IMDb score:
8,1 (30.480)
Releasedate: 11 November 1956
Un Condamné à Mort S'est Échappé ou Le Vent Souffle Où Il Veut plot
"Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film"
During World War II, French resistance fighter Fontaine is imprisoned by the Nazis. He prepares an escape attempt, but when another prisoner is placed in his cell, he faces the difficult choice of whether to trust him or to abandon his efforts.
Actors and actresses
Fontaine
Jost
Blanchet
Priest of Leiris
Orsini
Hebrard
Terry
Le Prisonnier 110
Chief Warden
L'Officier de L'Abwehr
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Reviews & comments
Lord Flashheart
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Always great, such an escape movie.
It's a shame that very few of this genre are released these days. Just about all the great titles come from a gray past. Think of Le Trou (1960), Papillon (1973) or Escape from Alcatraz (1979). Even The Shawshank Redemption is almost 25 years old! Would people never again escape from prison?
Anyway, escape films always score well with me and that is no different with this film. Robert Bresson approaches the subgenre in his own way: everything is displayed very distantly. We only learn about the main character. So no sadistic guards, treacherous fellow inmates, fights or intrigue here. The main character literally tells his story to the listener and we see everything only through his eyes.
In fact, Bresson is already doing the same here as in the later Au Hasard Balthazar. Only there it is not a human being, but a donkey who observes. I couldn't get through that movie about 15 years ago, it was too passive for me at the time. So you have to get used to this style. Nevertheless, tension is created. Precisely because the German enemy remains almost out of the picture, it becomes unreal. Conversations with fellow prisoners are also kept to a minimum, which contributes to the alienation.
Not much else to say about the acting. Only the main character plays an important role. The voice over can be a bit annoying at a certain point, although that is a small point of criticism. The music is almost absent and only on a handful of moments does Mozart's Requiem swell. A beautiful piece, but the choice is not logical. After all, the film ends well.
Recommended; 4****.
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Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8441 votes
Bresson in his sober, natural, minimalist style with an eye for precision, detail and stingy on music intervals, creates a masterpiece here.
Rarely watched a movie about a prison break so captivated and compassionate. It also has no equal, I would say.
It is also typical for Bresson that no reputable names from the film world are called upon, but saying that his actors do not fit perfectly into the event is incorrect.
Some may be disturbed because the film title already offers a solution, but what harm it if there is so much to enjoy along the way.
Another proof of the power of this film, which I have seen before, but have now been able to fully appreciate.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Strong prison film with the Second World War in the background instead of a criminal offense committed by an innocent or innocent person. I especially liked the first part of the film. The film has a strong auditory focus on Fontaine's thoughts, which are brought to the viewer through a voice-over. Maybe this won't appeal to everyone, but I thought it was quite an added value in this film. The more so because in the context of a Nazi prison it was not allowed to talk at all.
Little trace of the guards in this film. As if they weren't there at all. The interaction with the prisoners is limited except for the jar of food that was brought to them and even then they were barely visible. Very sober film in that respect, in which the attention and focus came entirely to the character Fontaine.
The film may collapse a bit halfway and we have to wait for the effective escape. Well done, not just the ending, but the entire movie. The plot itself is subordinate to the way in which and the atmosphere or structure that Bresson has put in his film. The film also has its added value psychologically when the character Fontaine thinks drowsy why he was not shot immediately, let alone when he doubts whether he can trust everyone and involve him in his escape attempt. strong!
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