Diary of a country priest (DVD) [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Studio Canal Image ; producers, Léon Carré, Robert Sussfeld ; writer and director, Robert Bresson.
Claude Laydu, Antoine Balpêtré, Gaston Séverin, Léon Arvel, Jean Danet, André Guibert, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre, Jeanne Étiévant, Bernard Hubrenne, Marie-Monique Arkell. Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Based on the novel by Georges Bernanos. Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; original theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation; essay by film critic Frédéric Bonnaud; new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound.
Summary:
A new priest arrives in the French country village of Ambricourt to attend to his first parish. The rural congregation rejects him immediately. Through his country diary entries, the suffering young man relays a crisis of faith that threatens to drive him away from the village and God.
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