Tag Archives: Robert Bresson

Raskolnikov in Paris (film: Pickpocket – Robert Bresson, 1959)

Posted on September 22, 2026 by admin

1959 was a year of great changes in French cinema. François Truffaut and Alain Resnais shook up the Cannes Film Festival with ‘The 400 Blows ‘and ‘Hiroshima Mon Amour‘, respectively; Chabrol won the Golden Bear in Berlin with ‘The Cousins‘; … Continue reading →

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escape or die (film: Un condamné à mort s’est échappé

Posted on December 2, 2023 by admin

I can’t avoid superlatives. ‘Un condamné à mort s’est échappé‘, Robert Bresson‘s 1956 film is the best prison break movie I can remember ever seeing. And I’ve seen quite a few, even if it’s not exactly my favorite genre, from … Continue reading →

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