Léon Morin, Priest

Watch: Léon Morin, Priest

Unrated

4/17/20091h 58m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

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.

Director:

Jean-Pierre Melville

Status:

Released

Language:

French

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
faith
philosophy
widow
confession
world war ii
deportation
religious conversion
atheist
conversion
god
love
unrequited love
priest
religion
debate
church
single mother
catholicism
theology
confessional
catholic priest
communism
occupied france (1940-44)
theological debate
war
book
nouvelle vague
philosophical debate

Cast

Emmanuelle Riva

~ as ~

Barny

Jean-Paul Belmondo

~ as ~

Léon Morin

Irène Tunc

~ as ~

Christine Sangredin

Nicole Mirel

~ as ~

Sabine Levy

Gisèle Grimm

~ as ~

Lucienne

Marco Behar

~ as ~

Edelman

Marc Eyraud

~ as ~

Anton

Monique Hennessy

~ as ~

Arlette

Edith Loria

~ as ~

Danielle Holdenberg

Monique Bertho

~ as ~

Marion

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Reviews (1)

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prabhushakti
Written 7 year(s) ago
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so I like the small village, the small office, the characters and everything, but I must say, this film is totally outdated with its own philosophy even during its time.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.