| Description |
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (28 p. : ill.) |
| Series |
Critrion Collection ; 572.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural. |
| Cast |
Emanuelle Riva, Jean-Paul Belmondo. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Henri Decaë; music, Martial Solal. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. |
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Based on the novel by Béatrix Beck. |
| Summary |
Léon Morin is a devoted man of the cloth who is also the crush object of all the women of a small village in Nazi-occupied France. He finds himself most drawn to a sexually frustrated widow, a borderline heretic whose relationship with her confessor is a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire. A triumph of mood, setting, and innuendo, Léon Morin, Priest is an irreverent pleasure from one of French cinema's towering virtuosos. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Note |
Special features: French television interview with director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Jean-Paul Belmondo from 1961; Selected scene commentary by film scholar Ginette Vincendaeu; Deleted scenes; Original theatrical trailer. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Priests -- France -- Drama.
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Sexual misconduct by clergy -- France -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973.
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Beauregard, Georges de.
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Ponti, Carlo, 1912-2007.
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Riva, Emmanuèle.
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Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933-2021
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Decae, Henri.
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Solal, Martial.
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Beck, Béatrix.
Léon Morin, prêtre.
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Rialto Pictures LLC.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Original title: Léon Morin, prêtre |
| ISBN |
9781604654561 |
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1604654562 |
| Standard No. |
715515084710 |
| Music No. |
CC2038D |
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