Le Trou is an amazing movie that is as fresh as when it was released more than 50 years ago. I have seen my share of prison escape movies but none have been able to come close to this in showing the nitty-gritty of the mechanics of escape.
As the movie starts you are aware that you are watching something very different. In start everything seems to play in real-time. And when the digging for escape starts we are aware that these are not just actors who are pretending to dig or just removing the soft soil. They are actually breaking through the floor. Maybe to some it may not sound like much but after watching so many movies, still getting this amazed by something is a high point for me.
Jacques Becker actually employed ex-convicts who tried the escape as technical experts in the movie and it shows. Everything is painstakingly detailed and real. While many things are shown in real-time, the movie is an edge of seat thriller where you always get a sense of foreboding. There are many close brushes.
I loved it from the start to the end. No clichés anywhere.
As the movie starts you are aware that you are watching something very different. In start everything seems to play in real-time. And when the digging for escape starts we are aware that these are not just actors who are pretending to dig or just removing the soft soil. They are actually breaking through the floor. Maybe to some it may not sound like much but after watching so many movies, still getting this amazed by something is a high point for me.
Jacques Becker actually employed ex-convicts who tried the escape as technical experts in the movie and it shows. Everything is painstakingly detailed and real. While many things are shown in real-time, the movie is an edge of seat thriller where you always get a sense of foreboding. There are many close brushes.
I loved it from the start to the end. No clichés anywhere.