Diary of a Country Priest(Movie, 1951)

Name: Diary of a Country Priest
Genre: Drama
Released: 1951
Duration: T01:55:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Journal d'un curé de campagne" (French/FR)

1h 55min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 103 votes)

Diary of a Country Priest (French: Journal d'un curé de campagne) is a 1951 French drama film written and directed by Robert Bresson, and starring Claude Laydu in his debut film performance. A faithful adaptation of Georges Bernanos' novel of the same name, which had won the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1936, it tells the story of a sickly young Catholic priest who has been assigned a small village in northern France as his first parish. The film was lauded for Laydu's performance, which has been called one of the greatest in the history of cinema, and won numerous awards, including the Grand Prize at the Venice International Film Festival and the Prix Louis Delluc. ()

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Louis Delluc Prize

About Diary of a Country Priest

An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.

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Trailer for Diary of a Country Priest + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951) Bande Annonce(Trailer, 3:59)

Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951) Bande Annonce (Trailer) | Diary of a Country Priest 1951 Trailer Robert Bresson Criterion Collection (Trailer)

Additional Information

Production country: France

Based on the work of: Georges Bernanos ("The Diary of a Country Priest")

Made by: Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 16 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 02/07/1951

Cast: Nicole Maurey, Adrien Borel, Antoine Balpêtré, Claude Laydu, Germaine Stainval, Jean Danet, Jean Riveyre, Léon Arvel, Nicole Ladmiral, Rachel Berendt, Yvette Etiévant

Director: Robert Bresson

Producer: Léon Carré

Screenwriter: Robert Bresson, Georges Bernanos

Director of Photography: Léonce-Henri Burel, Robert Juillard

Composer: Jean-Jacques Grunenwald

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"一个乡村牧师的日记"

"Diario de un cura rural"

"어느 시골 본당 신부의 일기"

"어느 시골 사제의 일기"

"어느 시골 신부의 일기"

Keywords: priest, rural area, small town, based on novel or book, faith

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Diary of a Country Priest(Movie, 1951)

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