Léon Morin, Priest (1961)

09/22/1961Drama, Romance1h 57m
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Overview

The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin to do so. After spending some time with him, the relationship with her confessor turns into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire. 

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Jean-Paul Belmondo

    Léon Morin

  2. Cast 1

    Emmanuelle Riva

    Barny

  3. Cast 1

    Irène Tunc

    Christine Sangredin

  4. Cast 1

    Nicole Mirel

    Sabine Levy

  5. Cast 1

    Gisèle Grimm

    Lucienne

  6. Cast 1

    Marco Behar

    Edelman

  7. Cast 1

    Marc Eyraud

    Anton

  8. Cast 1

    Monique Hennessy

    Arlette

  9. Cast 1

    Edith Loria

    Danielle Holdenberg

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...

Status Released

Original LanguageFrench 

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