Diary of a Country Priest
Synopsis
In Ambricourt, a young Priest (Claude Laydu) arrives to be the local parish priest. The community of the small town does not accept him, and although having a serious disease in the stomach, the inexperienced and frail priest tries to help the dwellers, and has a situation with the wealthy family of the location.
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Director (1)
Actors (15)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
- Film exports/foreign sales : StudioCanal Films Limited
- French distribution : Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique (AGDC)
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriter : Robert Bresson
- Dialogue Writer : Robert Bresson
- Director of Photography : Léonce-Henri Burel
- Music Composer : Jean Dalve
- Assistant Director : Guy Lefranc
- Editor : Paulette Robert
- Sound Recordist : Jean Rieul
- Author of original work : Georges Bernanos
- Producer : André Halley Des Fontaines
- Line Producer : Robert Sussfeld
- Continuity supervisor : Odette Lemarchand
- Production Designer : Pierre Charbonnier
- Still Photographers : Roger Corbeau, Robert Juillard
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Religion
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1951
- French release : 07/02/1951
- Runtime : 1 h 50 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 9831
- Visa issue date : 07/02/1951
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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About
Diary of a Country Priest (original French title: Journal d'un curé de campagne) is a 1951 French film directed by Robert Bresson, and starring Claude Laydu. It was closely based on the novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos. Published in 1937, the novel received the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française. It tells the story of a young, sickly priest, who has just arrived in his first parish, a village in northern France. The novel has been translated to English by Pamela Morris and was published the same year as the French original.
Two other French scriptwriters, Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost had wanted to make film adaptations of the novel. Bernanos rejected Aurenche's first draft, and by the time Bresson got around to the task, Bernanos had died. Bresson said he "would have taken more liberties" if Bernanos were still alive. The film had considerable influences on Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.
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