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The Priest’s Wife (1970) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1970 · 103 mins · Italian
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- Directed by
- Dino Risi
- Starring
- Marcello Mastroianni, Venantino Venantini, Sophia Loren, Jacques Stany, Nerina Montagnani, Giuseppe Maffioli
After learning that her boyfriend is already married, a heart‑broken young woman tries to end her life but survives. In the aftermath she contacts a priest, and a bond quickly forms, but their growing attraction threatens his vow of celibacy and launches a painful moral conflict.
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