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Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut
Kiarra 2022-03-23 09:02:48
The story of the film is very simple, it only describes how the hero Francis (planned) escaped from prison. The simpler the story, the more refined it needs to be in terms of characters, content, structure, and scenes, otherwise it will easily bore the audience. The director focuses the narrative focus of the whole film on the characters of the prisoners, which makes their mental journey quite clear. In order to escape from prison without fail, Francis has discussed with many prisoners many times, and each discussion has new progress and new dramatic tension, especially with the prisoners in the next cell and the juvenile prisoners much younger than himself. The conversation that most affects the audience tricks to keep watching. On the contrary, the director ignores the subjective viewpoints of the prison guards and correctional officers, and the audience may be surprised that the prisoner's escape plan has never been revealed.
Extended Reading
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Le lieutenant Fontaine: [Narrating, after giving his word to the prison warden that he would not try to escape again] Who were we kidding? He certainly did not believe me. As for myself, I was determined to escape at the first opportunity.
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Le lieutenant Fontaine: [Narrating, as he and other prisoners go back to their cells after a short break outside] Time to empty our slop pails and run a little water over our faces, then back to our cells for the entire day. With nothing to do, no news and in terrible solitude, we were 100 unfortunates awaiting our fate. I had no illusions about my own. If I could only escape, run away...