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2 unusual facts about A Man Escaped


A Man Escaped

This disc contains a superior audio/video presentation and contains a Dutch documentary, The Road to Bresson, as an extra.

The second part of the title comes from the Bible, John 3:8, and in English it is worded this way only in the Authorized King James Version (more recent translations using words like "wants" (which is the title in French) or "pleases" instead of "listeth").


Angels of Sin

The film also shares a prison setting, which became common throughout Bresson's career (Les anges du péché, A Man Escaped (1956), Pickpocket (1959), The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962), and L'Argent (1983).


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