It is difficult to place the great French writer/director Robert Bresson within the context of Cinema history because he exists so far outside the normal models of commercial cinema and even art cinema. His films are more like devout prayers than mere stories, and his means of obtaining his effects — such as his use of non-actors and his deeply ascetic approach to storytelling — make his films “hit different,” as the kids say. Here, we collect three of Bresson’s earliest and greatest works.
