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Léon Morin, Priest

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7.0/10 • 153

1961-09-221h 58m

DramaRomance

Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.

Directors
Jean-Pierre Melville
Writters
Jean-Pierre Melville
Editors
Jacqueline Meppiel

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  1. Emmanuelle Riva

    Emmanuelle Riva

    Barny

  2. Jean-Paul Belmondo

    Jean-Paul Belmondo

    Léon Morin

  3. Irène Tunc

    Irène Tunc

    Christine Sangredin

  4. Nicole Mirel

    Nicole Mirel

    Sabine Levy

  5. Gisèle Grimm

    Gisèle Grimm

    Lucienne

  6. Marco Behar

    Marco Behar

    Edelman

  7. Marc Eyraud

    Marc Eyraud

    Anton

  8. Monique Hennessy

    Monique Hennessy

    Arlette

  9. Edith Loria

    Edith Loria

    Danielle Holdenberg

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prabhushakti

Mar 12, 2018

10/10

The hero of the movie, we have here is not a human being, or if he is, then for this modern world, he is a joker. With such a religious icon, we are given another character who is like us. Who behaves and thinks like us. Poor widow gets somehow obsessed with this priest who, I felt is very needy and lonely, maybe. He tries the best to manipulate the girl, who seeks nothing more than reality and compassion. I do not feel any achievement of the director to create such a simple movie with unusual characters and their capers. I absolutely do not understand the philosophy of this movie, in a simple individualistic way. Is this movie a good entertainment? Personally, I like to see how things were during world wars. I like to see such old fashioned phones, roads, clothes, accent, so I like the small village, the small office, the characters and everything, but I must say, this film is totally outdated with its own philosophy even during its time. The conversations do not make much sense, rather her submissiveness, and the film ends, maybe giving a lesson to priests but again, you do not set up lonely sad women to have a conversation with you alone and run your emotional abuse in the name of Father and His Holy Spirit.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
based on novel or bookfaithphilosophywidowconfessionworld war iideportationreligious conversionatheistconversiongodloveunrequited lovepriestreligiondebatechurchsingle mothercatholicismtheologyconfessionalcatholic priestcommunismoccupied france (1940-44)theological debatewarbooknouvelle vaguephilosophical debate