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Diary of a Country Priest
Drama - 1951
Diary of a Country Priest
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8.0
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An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.
Director:
,
Robert Bresson
Cast:
,
Antoine Balpêtré
,
Nicole Maurey
,
Claude Laydu
,
Jean Riveyre
,
Adrien Borel
,
Rachel Bérendt
,
Nicole Ladmiral
,
Martine Lemaire

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Details

Rated:
APPROVED
Runtime:
115 min
Release date:
7 Feb 1951
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The word 'sublime' has often been used to describe this Robert Bresson masterpiece, a slow-paced film of great purity that portrays the pain and occasional joy of the religious life.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
26 Feb 2011
fresh:
A film that words fail.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr 2011
fresh:
Bresson's third feature and in many ways his first major work.
– Doug Cummings,
L.A. Weekly,
5 May 2011
fresh:
A film like Diary of a Country Priest gathers its strength as it continues. There's always the sense that Bresson knows exactly where he's going and the simplest way to get there.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
5 Mar 2013
fresh:
The chance to see Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest... should not be passed up; it is an enterprise of great pith and moment in the history of cinema.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
5 Mar 2013
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