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22/09/1961 Drama, Romance 1h 58m
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Overview

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.

  1. Jean-Pierre Melville

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Emmanuelle Riva

    Barny

  2. Jean-Paul Belmondo

    Léon Morin

  3. Irène Tunc

    Christine Sangredin

  4. Nicole Mirel

    Sabine Levy

  5. Gisèle Grimm

    Lucienne

  6. Marco Behar

    Edelman

  7. Marc Eyraud

    Anton

  8. Monique Hennessy

    Arlette

  9. Edith Loria

    Danielle Holdenberg

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Reviews

A review by prabhushakti
Written by prabhushakti on 2018-03-12
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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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