The Road to Bresson

Dutch documentarians Leo De Boer and Jurriën Rood detail their fascination with experimental French director Robert Bresson while trying to track down the reclusive filmmaker for an interview. Raised a devout Roman Catholic, Bresson spent part of World War II as a prisoner of war; the filmmakers note how those two experiences shaped his films, and delve into how he created the anti-naturalistic style of films like "Pickpocket" through the use of untrained actors and flat line readings. …