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7.7/10
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A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 7 wins & 3 nominations total
Adrien Borel
- Priest of Torcy (Curé de Torcy)
- (as Andre Guibert)
Rachel Bérendt
- Countess (La Comtesse)
- (as Marie-Monique Arkell)
Antoine Balpêtré
- Dr. Delbende (Docteur Delbende)
- (as Balpetre)
Gaston Séverin
- Canon (Le Chanoine)
- (as Gaston Severin)
Serge Bento
- Mitonnet
- (as Serge Benneteau)
Germaine Stainval
- La patronne du café
- (uncredited)
François Valorbe
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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This is a deeply religious film. It conveys anguish and despair. It may seem depressing but you find hope. It is a great movie made with a very slow rhythm that fits perfectly with the life and the thoughts of the priest. Each scene fades to black slowly into the next and leaves you waiting with that sense of "nothing" that tortures the priest. It is intense in the dialogs, although you may have to see it several times before you can really "catch" them. The struggle to believe, to persevere, to find, to know is common to all the characters in different ways. "Before me, a black wall" says th priest; I think, we all had similar thoughts, at least once in our lives.
- millertere
- Jan 17, 2006
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Did you know
- TriviaThe hand and handwriting in the film belong to Robert Bresson.
- Quotes
[subtitled version]
Countess: Love is stronger than death. Your scriptures say so.
Curé d'Ambricourt: We did not invent love. It has its order, its law.
Countess: God is its master.
Curé d'Ambricourt: He is not the master of love. He is love itself. If you would love, don't place yourself beyond love's reach.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Histoire(s) du cinéma: Les signes parmi nous (1999)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,674
- Feb 27, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $47,000
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Diary of a Country Priest (1951) officially released in India in English?
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