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.
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07/22/03
Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:11
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.9/10
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
1 - 11 (sorted by rotten rating)
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
Melville's film is a spiritual and an intelligent one.
01/01/00
No review available.
06/29/05
Miraculous cinema, even for heretics.
06/24/06
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 CriticIt’s a giddy bit of blasphemy to see Jean-Paul Belmondo dressed in priest’s garb.
04/15/09
A fascinating, unexpected movie that fans of French film in general, and Melville in particular, will not want to miss
08/14/09
Top CriticMelville'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
The 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
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
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