Le Trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)
Introduced by one of the five men who tried to escape the prison Paix la Santé in France. This is the last film of director Jacques Becker, who died shortly after finishing the filming, Le Trou, is an excellent suspense film that however reminded of Grand Illusion, Becker was assistant director for Jean Renoir, and Robert Bresson’s A Man Escaped. It is probably as entertaining as both movies but not as deep and masterful in meaning as neither of them. It is, indeed, a great movie but not a masterpiece as both titles aforementioned apply.
