國影電影編號：M202206022

放映規格：DCP

級別：保護級

片長：85分鐘

發音：法語

字幕：中英文

自由萬歲 À nous la liberté

René Clair 雷內．克萊爾 | B&W | DCP | 1931 | 法語 French | 85 mins

1932 第1屆威尼斯影展觀眾票選獎

1932 第5屆奧斯卡最佳藝術指導提名

1933 日本電影旬報最佳外語片

編號119與755計謀了一場越獄，卻僅有119成功逃脫。多年後，119改頭換面成為一家留聲機公司的大老闆，出獄後的755竟碰巧成為此工廠的工人。初次重逢並不順利，大老闆怎會與身分懸殊的小工人有所關聯？兩人佯裝不認識，然而一個熟悉的眨眼動作，舊識深厚的情感仍打破了他們的階級。工人單戀著不可高攀的女孩、老闆被人威脅著過去的事蹟，面臨著生活中的困境皆不如意，倆人同在時盡情大笑才是最開心的時刻。在監獄時渴望自由，離開監獄後，依然渴望另一種自由。

有著默片橫跨有聲電影的痕跡，更早於1936年卓別林的《摩登時代》，以工廠流水線生產的戲謔嘲諷為背景，在整齊劃一的步伐與動線之下，工人與產品竟也和監獄的勞動形象相互對應。電影對機械化的現代社會提出控訴，卻也同時在歡樂歌唱中發掘生活真正的美好。

Louis and Émile, two inmates in a French prison, plot their escape. On the night, Louis successfully scales the walls but Émile is recaptured. Over the years on the outside, Louis gradually makes his way through society, becoming a wealthy industrialist. When Émile is finally released, the two meet again and their past histories threaten to disrupt Louis’s comfortable life.

Written and directed by René Clair, À nous la liberté is a satirical comedy that responds to industrial capitalism and the soulless automation of workers’ lives in the Machine Age. In the film, Clair continues to experiment with the possibilities of sound. The film is said to share similarities with Chaplin’s Modern Times, so much so, that its producers attempted to sue Chaplin. Clair, however, aware of his own debt to Chaplin, refused to participate. It has been regarded as Clair’s most lyrical film.