Diary of a Country Priest

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Awards

BAFTA Awards 1954 - Nominated - Best Foreign Actor

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards 1952 - Won - Best Film

Prix Louis Delluc 1950 - Won - Prix Louis Delluc

Venice Film Festival 1951 - Nominated - Golden Lion

BAFTA Awards 1954 - Nominated - Best Foreign Actor

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards 1952 - Won - Best Film

Prix Louis Delluc 1950 - Won - Prix Louis Delluc

Venice Film Festival 1951 - Nominated - Golden Lion

Venice Film Festival 1951 - Won - International Award

Venice Film Festival 1951 - Won - Italian Film Critics Award

Venice Film Festival 1951 - Won - OCIC Award

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Diary of a Country Priest

Director:
Robert Bresson
115 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

A new priest (Claude Laydu) arrives in the French country village of Ambricourt to attend to his first parish. The apathetic and hostile rural congregation rejects him immediately. Through his diary entries, the suffering young man relays a crisis of faith that threatens to drive him away from the village and from God. With his fourth film, Robert Bresson began to implement his stylistic philosophy as a filmmaker, stripping away all inessential elements from his compositions, the dialogue and the music, exacting a purity of image and sound.

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Details

Runtime:
115 min.

Country:
FRANCE

Language:
French

Color:
Color

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SPECIAL FEATURES: 

  • New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
  • Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • New essay by film critic Frederic Bonnaud
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual - layer edition

 

 

 

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