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06/24/06
Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:11
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.6/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 30, 1999 Limited
Synopsis: Jean-Paul Belmondo (BREATHLESS) stars in this film as Leon Morin, a handsome young priest who captures the attention of an attractive and flirtatious young widow named Barny (Riva). A communist and... [More]
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Reviews for Leon Morin, Priest
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Melville's eye for exacting detail here is expected. What is remarkable is the depth of feeling he exacts from the juxtaposition of these ordinary moments with their extraordinary context.
04/17/09
Top CriticThe result is a movie that moves with the diamond-cut precision and carefully constricting tension of Melville's trademark gangland sagas, the precious booty here being nothing less than the human soul.
04/14/09
Top CriticA monotonous production.
12/05/09
Not an unqualified success, the film remains strong for its performances, its inventive editing and framing, and its evocative rendering of the French occupation.
01/01/00
Top CriticMelville's film is a spiritual and an intelligent one.
01/01/00
Tale [from Beatrix Beck's 1952 novel] of a young agnostic woman's conversion to Catholicism and her physical love for a priest during the Nazi occupation of France is handled with tact and talent.
03/26/09
Top CriticA fascinating, unexpected movie that fans of French film in general, and Melville in particular, will not want to miss
08/14/09
Top CriticIt’s a giddy bit of blasphemy to see Jean-Paul Belmondo dressed in priest’s garb.
04/15/09
This extraordinary drama doesn’t just play games with sexual disorientation and philosophical argument; it’s also implicitly about life turned upside down.
04/15/09
A poetic, spiritual film exploring with elegance and simplicity the great human dilemmas in the context of one of 20th Century's France's greatest challenges -- the Occupation.
07/22/03
No review available.
06/29/05
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