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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.
Original Release
02/07/1951
US Release
04/05/1954
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Claude Laydu | Priest of Ambricourt (Curé d'Ambricourt) / Priest of Ambricourt |
Jean Riveyre | Count (Le Comte) / Count |
Adrien Borel | Priest of Torcy (Curé de Torcy) / Priest of Torcy |
Rachel Bérendt | Countess (La Comtesse) / Countess |
Nicole Maurey | Miss Louise |
Nicole Ladmiral | Chantal |
Martine Lemaire | Séraphita Dumontel |
Antoine Balpêtré | Dr. Delbende (Docteur Delbende) / Dr. Delbende |
Jean Danet | Olivier |
Gaston Séverin | Canon (Le Chanoine) / Canon |
Directors
Writers
Robert Bresson, Georges Bernanos
Cast
Name | Character |
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Claude Laydu | Priest of Ambricourt (Curé d'Ambricourt) / Priest of Ambricourt |
Jean Riveyre | Count (Le Comte) / Count |
Adrien Borel | Priest of Torcy (Curé de Torcy) / Priest of Torcy |
Rachel Bérendt | Countess (La Comtesse) / Countess |
Nicole Maurey | Miss Louise |
Nicole Ladmiral | Chantal |
Martine Lemaire | Séraphita Dumontel |
Antoine Balpêtré | Dr. Delbende (Docteur Delbende) / Dr. Delbende |
Jean Danet | Olivier |
Gaston Séverin | Canon (Le Chanoine) / Canon |
Yvette Etiévant | Femme de ménage |
Bernard Hubrenne | Priest Dufrety |
Léon Arvel | Fabregars |
Martial Morange | Deputy mayor (L'Adjoint) / Deputy Mayor |
Gilberte Terbois | Mrs. Dumouchel (Mme Dumouchel) / Mrs. Dumouchel |
Serge Bento | Mitonnet (as Serge Benneteau) / Mitonnet |
Germaine Stainval | La patronne du café |
François Valorbe | Bit Role |