A MAN ESCAPED (CERT. U)
FRANCE 1956 DIRECTED BY ROBERT BRESSON
BLACK & WHITE 1h 41m
WITH: FRANÇOIS LETERRIER
A detailed, austere account of an escape from prison by a condemned French Resistance-fighter during World War II.
INTRODUCED BY DR ISABELLE VANDERSCHELDEN
Film starts at 7.30pm
Cannes Film Festival – Best Director
95th position in Sight & Sound’s 2022 international poll to establish the greatest films
‘The substance of the film comes not so much from a slavish attention to the surface details
of the plot but to a careful recreation of a state of mind.’ – Kenneth R. Morefield
Bresson’s purest distillation of the art of realism through simple story-telling, memorably making use of non-professional actors.’ – Clyde Jeavons
‘Bresson’s films are often about people confronting certain despair. His plots are not about whether they succeed, but how they endure.’ – Roger Ebert
‘A lesson in cinema: the film teaches by demonstration all the sorts of things that are not necessary in a movie.’ – Roger Ebert
