Classic Cinemas
Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
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The Story
A priest helps a disillusioned war widow during WWII. Sometimes regarded as his first ‘mature’ work, Melville’s quiet film explores the psychology and humanity of the priest (a soulful and restrained Jean-Paul Belmondo) and the woman (an intense Emmanuelle Riva) through a series of moral, aesthetic and theological discussions set against the meticulously detailed period of the Occupation. Shot by regular collaborator Henri Decaë and Jean Rabier, with assistant direction from Volker Schlöndorff.
Synopsis by Adrian Danks.
Rating
CTC
Language
English, French, German (english subtitles)
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Marc Eyraud
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
