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The Hole. (1960 film) The Hole ( French: Le Trou) is a 1960 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker. It is an adaptation of José Giovanni 's 1957 book The Break. It was called The Night Watch when first released in the United States, but is released under its French title today. The film is based on a true event concerning five prison ...
Feb 14, 1997 · The Hole: Directed by Jacques Becker. With Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier. Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Jacques Becker
- 1997-02-14
Currently you are able to watch "The Hole" streaming on Criterion Channel. Synopsis Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell.
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- Durieu
- Jacques Becker
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In a Paris prison cell, five inmates use every ounce of their tenacity and ingenuity in an elaborate attempt to tunnel to freedom. Based on the novel by José Giovanni, Jacques Becker’s Le trou (The Hole) balances lyrical humanism with a tense, unshakable air of imminent danger.
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Jun 22, 2017 · In Jacques Becker’s last film, from 1960, four hardened French criminals sharing a prison cell in Paris while awaiting trial for unspecified capital crimes—at a time when the guillotine was...
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Having nothing to lose, the hardened criminals and inmates of cell 6, Block 11, the ingenious leader, Roland; insouciant Geo; cheeky, Monseigneur, and distrustful Manu, have decided to take the calculated risk of breaking out of La Santé Prison in France.
The Hole. ( 1960 ) 8.0. Le trou 2. Crime. Drama. Thriller. Top 500: 483. Based on Book. Real Story. Neo-noir. Black and White. suspenseful • gripping • intense. ... Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.