Rent Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
3.8 of 5 from 98 ratings
1h 55min
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- Synopsis:
In a town in the French Alps during the Occupation, Barny (Emmanuelle Riva) is a young, wayward, sexually frustrated widow, living with her little girl. She is also a communist militant who long ago decided that the easiest way was the best. One day she enters a church, randomly chooses a priest (Jean-Paul Belmondo) to confess to and, while in confessional, attempts to provoke him by criticizing Catholicism. Instead of being affronted, the priest engages her in an intellectual discussion regarding religion. The priest is Leon Morin, young, handsome, smart and altruistic. He invites Barny to continue the conversation outside of confessional. She begins regularly seeing him and is impressed by his moral strength, while he makes it his mission to steer her onto the right path. - Actors:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel, Gisèle Grimm, Marco Behar, Monique Bertho, Marc Eyraud, Nina Grégoire, Monique Hennessy, Edith Loria, Micheline Schererre, Renée Liques, Simone Vannier, Lucienne Marchand, Nelly Pitorre, Ernest Varial, Chantal Gozzi, Cédric Grant, George Lambert
- Directors:
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Producers:
- Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti
- Writers:
- Béatrix Beck, Jean-Pierre Melville
- Aka:
- Leon Morin, Pretre
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of the Tradition of Quality
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/12/2017
- Run Time:
- 128 minutes
- Languages:
- French DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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excellent - Léon Morin, Priest review by PE
This film must rate as one of the most sophisticated pieces of intellectual insight coupled with deft story-telling that I have seen. The acting is good, the portrayal of the German occupation pitched perfectly and the portrayal of a woman battling the times and her own sexuality hauntingly beautiful.
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