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Léon Morin, Priest

Drama · Romance

Léon Morin, Priest

7.1(169) 9/22/1961 1h 58m
DramaRomance

Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.

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Top Cast

Emmanuelle Riva

Emmanuelle Riva

Barny

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Léon Morin

Irène Tunc

Irène Tunc

Christine Sangredin

Nicole Mirel

Nicole Mirel

Sabine Levy

Gisèle Grimm

Gisèle Grimm

Lucienne

Marco Behar

Marco Behar

Edelman

Marc Eyraud

Marc Eyraud

Anton

Monique Hennessy

Monique Hennessy

Arlette

Directed by

Jean-Pierre Melville

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Reviews

prabhushakti

10/10

3/12/2018

The hero of the movie, we have here is not a human being, or if he is, then for this modern world, he is a joker. With such a religious icon, we are given another character who is like us. Who behaves and thinks like us. Poor widow gets somehow obsessed with this priest who, I felt is very needy and lonely, maybe. He tries the best to manipulate the girl, who seeks nothing more than reality and compassion. I do not feel any achievement of the director to create such a simple movie with unusual characters and their capers. I absolutely do not understand the philosophy of this movie, in a simple individualistic way. Is this movie a good entertainment? Personally, I like to see how things were during world wars. I like to see such old fashioned phones, roads, clothes, accent, so I like the sm

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