Journal d'un curé de campagne [videorecording] / L'Alliance Generale de Distribution Cinematographique presente ; un film de Robert Bresson ; directeur de la production, Robert Sussfeld ; direction générale, Leon Carre ; une production de L'Union Generale Cinematographique ; scénario, adaptation et réalisation de Robert Bresson.
Claude Laydu, Léon Arvel, Balpêtré, Jean Danet, Jeanne Étiévant, André Guibert, Bernard Hubrenne, Marie-Monique Arkell. Originally released as a motion picture in France in 1950. Based on the novel by Georges Bernanos. Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation; new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; essay by film critic Frédéric Bonnaud inserted in container.
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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