Diary of a Country Priest

Year: 1951

Runtime: 115 mins

Language: French

Director: Robert Bresson

DramaFaith and religionReligious faith sin and forgivenessFaith and spiritual journeysSurreal and thought-provoking visions of life and death

An inexperienced, frail priest of humble origins arrives in the isolated French village of Ambricourt and is assigned to its parish. His austere habits and aloof manner alienate the townspeople, and students at the nearby girls’ school mock his Bible lessons. When he intervenes in a local family feud, the effort spirals into scandal, and his worsening health deepens his crisis of faith.

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