He refuses to escape and embraces his responsibility for his wife and child until death. One of the most beautiful and touching images of the film is the last meeting of Pauline with the prisoner. His hands hang out the bars of his cell expressing the despair of a man whose life is about to end. An axe has to be used as well. Morue Salee is let free.
Passion is consumed.
St. Exupery, Antoine De. The Little Prince. Harcourt Brace, 1969. All Rights Reserved.