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Monsignor is a 1982 American drama film directed by Frank Perry about a Roman Catholic priest's rise through the ranks of the Vatican, during and after World War II. Along the way, he involves the Vatican in the black marketeering operations of a Mafia don, and has an affair with a woman in the postulant stage of becoming a nun. He eventually ...
Oct 22, 1982 · Monsignor: Directed by Frank Perry. With Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller. An ambitious priest seduces a nun and leads the Vatican into shady business during and after World War II.
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- Crime, Drama, War
- Frank Perry
- 1982-10-22
Monsignor is a 1982 movie that depicts the Vatican as a corrupt and venal institution, with a priest (Christopher Reeve) who engages in illegal activities and has an affair with a nun. Roger Ebert criticizes the film for its lack of purpose, direction and coherence, and compares it to Luis Bu–uel's anticlerical broadsides.
Synopsis. Opening in the year 1943, inside an American Catholic church, John Flaherty (Christopher Reeve) is ordained as a priest and is included among a group of young men who will soon depart to serve as Army chaplains in Europe during World War II.
Monsignor. Ambitious priest John Flaherty (Christopher Reeve) is thrilled to have received a post at the Vatican, but arrives to find the church in financial disarray. Undaunted, he partners with...
- Frank Perry
- Drama
- Christopher Reeve
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Monsignor is a 1982 American drama film directed by Frank Perry about a Roman Catholic priest's rise through the ranks of the Vatican, during and after World War II. Along the way, he involves the Vatican in the black marketeering operations of a Mafia don, and has an affair with a woman in the postulant stage of becoming a nun.
