A new priest (Claude Laydu) arrives in the French country village of Ambricourt to attend to his first parish. The apathetic and hostile rural congregation rejects him immediately. Through his diary entries, the suffering young man relays a crisis of faith that threatens to drive him away from the village and from God. With his fourth film, Robert Bresson began to implement his stylistic philosophy as a filmmaker, stripping away all inessential elements from his compositions, the dialogue and the music, exacting a purity of image and sound.
Directed by
Robert Bresson
Written by
Georges Bernanos (novel); Robert Bresson.
Starring
Claude Laydu (Priest of Ambricourt (Curé d'Ambricourt)); Jean Riveyre (Count (Le Comte)); André Guibert (Priest of Torcy (Curé de Torcy) (as Andre Guibert)); Rachel Bérendt (Countess (La Comtesse) (as Marie-Monique Arkell)); Nicole Maurey (Miss Louise (Mlle Louise)); Nicole Ladmiral (Chantal); Martine Lemaire (Séraphita); Antoine Balpêtré (Dr. Delbende (Docteur Delbende) (as Balpetre)); Jean Danet (Olivier); Gaston Séverin (Canon (Le Chanoine) (as Gaston Severin)); Jeanne Étiévant (Housekeeper (Femme de ménage)); Bernard Hubrenne (Priest Dufrety (Abbé Dufréty)); Léon Arvel (Fabregard); Martial Morange (Deputy mayor (L'Adjoint)); Gilberte Terbois (Mrs. Dumouchel (Mme Dumouchel)). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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