| Description |
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 222.
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.; dual-layer. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Claude Laydu, Léon Arvel, Balpêtré, Jean Danet, Jeanne Étiévant, André Guibert, Bernard Hubrenne, Marie-Monique Arkell. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Léonce-Henri Burel ; art director, Pierre Charbonnier ; editor, Paulette Robert ; original music, Jean-Jacques Grünenwald. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in France in 1950. |
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Based on the novel by Georges Bernanos. |
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Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation; new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; essay by film critic Frédéric Bonnaud inserted in container. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A new priest arrives in the French country village of Ambricourt to attend to his first parish. The rural congregation rejects him immediately. Through his country diary entries, the suffering young man relays a crisis of faith that threatens to drive him away from the village and God. |
| Subject |
Diaries -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Priests -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Feature films France.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Bresson, Robert.
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Sussfeld, Robert.
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Carré, Léon.
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Laydu, Claude.
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Arvel, Léon, 1873-1956.
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Balpetré, Antoine, 1898-1963.
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Danet, Jean, 1924-2001.
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Etiévant, Jeanne.
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Guibert, André.
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Hubrenne, Bernard.
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Arkell, Marie-Monique.
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Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948.
Journal d'un curé de campagne.
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U.G.C. (Firm)
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Alliance générale de distribution cinématographique.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Journal d'un curé de campagne |
| Note |
Title on disc label and container: Diary of a country priest |
| ISBN |
0780027817 |
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9780780027817 |
| Standard No. |
037429185520 |
| Music No. |
DIA080 Criterion Collection |
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