Diary of a Country Priest
Journal d'un curé de campagne
“ A priest of humble origin, lost in the maze of worldiness ”
CINEMA1951-02-07
DIGITAL2021-06-04
RegionFR
Runtime115 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
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Storyline
An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to
DIRECTOR / Director
罗伯特·布列松
KEYWORDS
small townbased on novel or bookfaithpriestrural areablack and white
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