Lèon Morin, Priest

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-09-22

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (2013 Reviews)

Director:

Jean-Pierre Melville

Genres:

Drama Romance

Cast:

Jean-Paul Belmondo Emmanuelle Riva Irène Tunc Nicole Mirel

Writer:

Bèatrix Beck (novel)

Jean-Pierre Melville (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans arrive, Barny sends her half-Jewish daughter to live in a farm in the countryside and finds that Sabine's brother has been arrested and sent to a concentration camp. The atheist Barny decides to baptize her daughter to protect her and chooses priest Lèon Morin to discuss with him themes related to religion and Catholicism and Lèon lends books to her. Barny converts to the Catholicism and becomes closer to Lèon, feeling an unrequited desire for him.

Comments:

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By:

Barbara Gonzalez

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By:

Robb Stark

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