This disappointed me a lot since I thought A Man Escaped was really great. The film comes down to finding the parallels between Marie’s life and Balthazar’s. I think the acting is inexcusably bad across board, and the ‘spirituality’ that most critics speak of completely went by me. The film is well shot, but I think that’s the only compliment I can give it. Given that this film has such a massive following I will probably watch it again in the next few months to see if I was affected by a mood or something, so I’m keeping this one short for now.