Diary of a Country Priest Movie Review 1950

With "Balthazar" and "Mouchette," this is one of Bresson's greatest, subtlest films, treating the story of an alienated, unrewarded young priest with his characteristic austerity and Catholic humanism. In French and English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 120 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Nuns & Priests

Screenplay

Robert Bresson

Cast

Nicole Maurey, Antonine Balpetre, Claude Layou, Jean Riveyre, Nicole Ladmiral

Cinematography

Leonce-Henri Burel

Director

Robert Bresson

Music

Jean Jacques Grunenwald

Producer

Union Genarale Cinematographique