Louis Malle worked in Mexico.
 He assisted Robert Bresson on A Man Escaped (French title: Un condamn  mort s'est chapp ou Le vent souffle o il veut, 1956) before making his first feature, Ascenseur pour l'chafaud in 1957 (released in the U
 Concentrating on real India, its rituals and festivities, Malle fell afoul of the Indian government, which disliked his portrayal of the country, in its fascination with the pre-modern, and consequently banned the BBC from filming in India for several years

