Haunting, compelling image, nice job. My critique is minor: the framing/cropping on the right and bottom is a bit tight for me. I would have given a bit more "nose room" to your subject.

pas de critique, le portrait est superbe et tu joues superbement avec les ombres et le peu de lumiere.

Thanks, Clyde. The Tights crop on the right is intentional, I wanted to show he's looking out of frame leaving his past months and starting a new part of his life.
Merci, Olivier. Je suis heureux de lire votre bonne critique. Une remarque : ce _n'est_ pas un portrait. (And I hope babelfish did a good work. ;))

Very nicely done!
Very compelling to me.

Interesting subject and very strong execution - the lighting and exposure help here becuase both are excellent. Well done.

I think what is particularly interesting is the story in this shot. I'm curious about the situation. Nice shot.

Thank you for all the nice comments.
Dana: the original story tells that during WW2 an archbishop and some of his best men used this cellar of a vicarage as refuge for several weeks. This shot shows the moment when one of the priests leave the cellar after the dangerous weeks. No celebration, a cloudy vision of the immediate future, some of his faith may be left behind but he returns to his flock with a pure, open and and willing mind.