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    Diary of a Country Priest 1951 POSTER

    Diary of a Country Priest

    1951

    French

    7.7

    12

    Action

    based on novel or book

    black and white

    Drama

    faith

    priest

    rural area

    small town

    Robert Bresson Robert Bresson Director Gaston Séverin Gaston Séverin as Canon Nicole Ladmiral Nicole Ladmiral as Chantal Jean Danet Jean Danet as Olivier Martine Lemaire Martine Lemaire as Séraphita Dumontel
    An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.
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