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Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, prêtre

  • Status: Released
  • 22-09-1961
  • Runtime: 118 min
  • Score: 7
  • Vote count: 152

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.

Emmanuelle Riva

Barny

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Léon Morin

Irène Tunc

Christine Sangredin

Nicole Mirel

Sabine Levy

Gisèle Grimm

Lucienne

Marco Behar

Edelman

Marc Eyraud

Anton

Monique Hennessy

Arlette

Edith Loria

Danielle Holdenberg

Monique Bertho

Marion

Nina Grégoire

Simone Vannier

Secretary

Lucienne Marchand

Secretary

Nelly Pitorre

Secretary

Ernest Varial

Director

Chantal Gozzi

Young France

Patricia Gozzi

Old France

Marielle Gozzi

Adult France

Cédric Grant

American Soldier

George Lambert

American Soldier

Gérard Buhr

Gunther

Howard Vernon

Colonel

Renée Liques

Volker Schlöndorff

German Soldier (uncredited)

Claude Achard

(uncredited)

Adeline Aucoc

Old Lady (uncredited)

Maurice Auzel

Man in St Bernard Church (uncredited)

André Badin

(uncredited)

Madeleine Ganne

Betty (uncredited)

Louis Saintève

Man (uncredited)

prabhushakti

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so I like the small village, the small office, the characters and everything, but I must say, this film is totally outdated with its own philosophy even during its time.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.