Enclosure

InaNaziconcentrationcamp,Karl,aGermanpoliticalprisoner,issentencedtodeathforhavingsteno-graphedforbiddenradioprograms.Anotherconvict,David,isamodestclockmakerfromPariswhohadsurvivedbecausehecouldrepairthewatchesoftheSS.ThetwoNazicampcommandersmakeapervertedbet:theylockbothoftheprisonersinabarbedwireenclosureandpromisefreedomtotheonewhokillstheotherbytheendofthenight.<br/>　　InthewordsofJeanCocteau,“Enclosurebearswitnesswithanirresistiblepower...Itgrabsusbythescruffoftheneck.Itthrowsusfacetofacewiththisjellyfishheadwhileourcourageneedstostaystrongandconvince.&quot;«L’Enclostémoigne,aumêmetitreque&quot;NuitetBrouillard&quot;,lefilmd’AlainResnais.Iltémoigneavecunepuissanceirrésistible.[…]Ilnousempoigneparlapeauducou.IlnousjettefaceàfaceaveccettetêtedeMéduseparlaquellenotrecouragedoitselaisserpétrifieretconvaincre.»JeanCocteau,LesLettresFrançaises,1961