"A Man Escaped"
1956
Directed by Robert Bresson

A perfect film, based on the true story of a French Resistance fighter's escape from a Gestapo prison. In Bresson's hands, the narrative of the prison escape just hours before he is executed becomes a transcendental meditation on the meaning of freedom and existence told in light and shadows. "I would like to show this miracle: an invisible hand over the prison, directing what happens...the film is a mystery...The Spirit breathes where it will," said Bresson. Struck from a beautiful, newly mastered print. French with English subtitles.  102 minutes.