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Léon Morin, Priest(Movie, 1961)

Original title: "Léon Morin, prêtre" (French/FR)
2h 10min | Genres: Romance / Love, Drama
Léon Morin, PriestRating: 3.5/5 (with 5858 votes)
Léon Morin, Priest (French: Léon Morin, prêtre) is a 1961 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It was adapted by Melville from Béatrix Beck's novel The Passionate Heart (French: Léon Morin, prêtre), which won the Prix Goncourt in 1952. Set during WWII in Occupied France, the film stars Emmanuelle Riva as a jaded, lapsed Catholic mother and widow of a Jewish husband, who finds herself falling in love with a young, altruistic priest, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo. For his work in the film, Belmondo was nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actor. ()
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About Léon Morin, Priest

In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans arrive, Barny sends her half-Jewish daughter to live on a farm in the countryside and finds that Sabine's brother has been arrested and sent to a concentration camp. The atheist Barny decides to baptize her daughter to protect her and chooses priest Léon Morin to discuss with him themes related to religion and Catholicism and Léon lends books to her. Barny converts to Catholicism and becomes closer to Léon, feeling an unrequited desire for him.

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Production countries: France, Italy
Based on the work of: Béatrix Beck ("The Passionate Heart")
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR)
Translated into 14 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 09/21/1961
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Director of Photography: Henri Decaë
Composer: Martial Solal

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