Synopsis
In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans arrive, Barny sends her half-Jewish daughter to live in a farm in the countryside and finds that Sabine's brother has been arrested and sent to a concentration camp. The atheist Barny decides to baptize her daughter to protect her and chooses priest Léon Morin to discuss with him themes related to religion and Catholicism and Léon lends books to her. Barny converts to the Catholicism and becomes closer to Léon, feeling an unrequited desire for him.
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo·Volker Schlöndorff·Emmanuelle Riva·Howard Vernon·Lucienne Le Marchand·Irène Tunc·Gisèle Grimm·André Badin·Gérard Buhr·Marc Eyraud·Patricia Gozzi·Maurice Auzel
Film Credits
Cinematography by Henri Decaë, with production design by Daniel Guéret.
Screenplay
Béatrix Beck, Jean-Pierre Melville
Cinematography
Henri Decaë
Production Design
Daniel Guéret
Costume Design
Paulette Breil
Music
Martial Solal
Country
France
Language
French, English, German
Rating
Not Rated
Runtime
117 min
Box Office
$72,078
Awards
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total
IMDb
7.5/10 · 6K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
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