A Man Escaped
Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut
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In 1943 Nazi-occupied Lyon, an imprisoned French Resistance lieutenant methodically fashions tools from bedsprings, spoons, and ropes to engineer an impossible escape from Montluc military prison. Robert Bresson's Cannes Best Director-winning summit of cinematic precision and spiritual destiny scored by Mozart.
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