Léon Morin, prêtre [videorecording] = Léon Morin, priest / Georges de Beauregard and Carlo Ponto present ; a Rialto Pictures release ; Concordia Compagnie Cinematografica, Rome-Paris Films ; screenplay and dialogue by Jean-Pierre Melville ; directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Emanuelle Riva, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Based on the novel by Béatrix Beck. DVD release of the 1961 motion picture. Special features: French television interview with Jean-Pierre Melville and Jean-Paul Belmondo (1961) ; selected-scene commentary by Ginette Vincendeau ; deleted scenes ; original theatrical trailer ; essay by Gary Indiana and excerpts from Melville on Melville in booklet.
Summary:
In Nazi-occupied France, a devoted priest is desired by all the women of his village, but finds himself most drawn to a religious skeptic who turns their relationship into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire.
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