The Wind Blows Where It Wishes: Metalepsis and the Gospel of John in Robert Bresson’s A Man Escaped

Robert Bresson’s A Man Escaped (1956) adapts its source material to refashion a French prisoner’s historical escape from Nazi captivity into an extended meditation on the Gospel of John. The film’s French title—Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut ("One Condemned to De...

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Subtitles:Twenty More Years of Bible and Film
Main Author: Schaser, Nicholas J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2025, Volume: 33, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 338-355
Further subjects:B Metalepsis
B Gospel of John
B Intertextuality
B Robert Bresson
B A Man Escaped
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