本片取材于真人真事。故事讲述被判死刑的男主人公弗朗西斯(弗朗索瓦·莱特瑞尔 François Leterrier饰)在临刑前的几个小时内,如何成功越狱地扣人心弦的故事。为逃脱纳粹监狱,弗朗西斯策划了一场天衣无缝的逃亡计划。为确保计划万无一失,他不仅做足越狱准备,还在仅有的洗漱空挡,多次跟隔壁囚室的狱友联络,试图找到共同实施计划的同盟。可还没来得及他准备好一切时,就被判立刻执行死刑。最终他毅然带着年轻的囚犯男孩一起踏上了逃亡之路。极简的叙事结构,单一密闭的监狱空间,分秒必争的紧迫时间,罗伯特·布列松因本片荣
A romantic and funny love story with a tragic end. In Paris a young Hungarian artist (Monpti) and a girl (Anne-Claire) meet and fall in love. But just when she is prepared to give herself to him she finds a pair of lady's pants in his room. H