Léon Morin, Priest

1961

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.

Rating

7
152 votes

Popularity

1.8577

Origin & Countries

FR | fr | France,Italy

Production

Rome-Paris Films,Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica

Runtime

118 min.

Status

Released

Release: 9/22/1961

Credits

Léon Morin, Priest

Jean-Pierre MelvilleDirector

Léon Morin, Priest

Emmanuelle RivaBarny

Léon Morin, Priest

Jean-Paul BelmondoLéon Morin

Léon Morin, Priest

Irène TuncChristine Sangredin

Léon Morin, Priest

Nicole MirelSabine Levy

More like this

Le Doulos
1962
Drama • Thriller • Crime
7.4
1
Eastern Boys
2013
Drama
6.7
1
The Commissar
1967
Drama • War
6.6
0
Black Moon
1975
Fantasy • Horror • Mystery
6
1

Reviews

prabhushakti

3/12/2018

10 / 10

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so I like the small village, the small office, the characters and everything, but I must say, this film is totally outdated with its own philosophy even during its time. The conversations do not make much sense, rather her submissiveness, and the film ends, maybe giving a lesson to priests but again, you do not set up lonely sad women to have a conversation with you alone and run your emotional abuse in the name of Father and His Holy Spirit.

MOVIZZ - all rights reserved @ 2025

Made with themoviedb.org