Léon Morin, prêtre

1961 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama / Romance / War

14
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 6335 6.3K

confession booth based on novel or book faith philosophy widow confession

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Plot summary

Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.

Director

Jean-Pierre Melville Photo
Jean-Pierre Melville

Top cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo Photo
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Léon Morin
Irène Tunc Photo
Irène Tunc as Christine Sangredin
Marc Eyraud Photo
Marc Eyraud as Anton
Marco Behar Photo
Marco Behar as Edelman
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61.25 MB
1194*720
French 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 57 min
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120.55 MB
1792*1080
French 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 57 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by prabhushakti 10 / 10

The hero of the movie, we have here

The hero of the movie, we have here is not a human being, or if he is, then for this modern world, he is a joker. With such a religious icon, we are given another character who is like us. Who behaves and thinks like us. Poor widow gets somehow obsessed with this priest who, I felt is very needy and lonely, maybe. He tries the best to manipulate the girl, who seeks nothing more than reality and compassion. I do not feel any achievement of the director to create such a simple movie with unusual characters and their capers. I absolutely do not understand the philosophy of this movie, in a simple individualistic way. Is this movie a good entertainment? Personally, I like to see how things were during world wars. I like to see such old fashioned phones, roads, clothes, accent, so I like the small village, the small office, the characters and everything, but I must say, this film is totally outdated with its own philosophy even during its time. The conversations do not make much sense, rather her submissiveness, and the film ends, maybe giving a lesson to priests but again, you do not set up lonely sad women to have a conversation with you alone and run your emotional abuse in the name of Father and His Holy Spirit.
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Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 6 / 10

Verbose and Theatrical Film with Magnificent Performances and Awesome Cinematography

In World War II, the widow Barny (Emmanuelle Riva) sees the Italian soldiers arriving in the occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great sexual attraction for her boss Sabine (Nicole Mirel). When the Germans arrive in the town, Barny sends her half-Jewish daughter to live in 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 the priest Léon Morin (Jean-Paul Belmondo) to discuss with him themes related to religion and Catholicism and Léon lends books to her. Barny converts to the Catholicism and becomes closer to Léon, feeling an unrequited desire for him.

"Léon Morin, Prêtre" is a verbose and theatrical film with magnificent performances of Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Paul Belmondo and awesome cinematography. There is a great sexual tension between Barny and Sabine in the beginning and then between Barny and Léon Morin but the plot gives the sensation of going to nowhere, presenting a philosophical discussion about religion and Catholicism. The subtitles in the DVD released by the Brazilian distributor Lume Filmes do not have a perfect synchronization with the speech and sometimes it is tiresome and necessary to rewind the movie to finish reading the dialog. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Léon Morin, o Padre" ("Léon Morin, the Priest")

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