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Léon Morin, Priest (French: Léon Morin, prêtre) is a 1961 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It was adapted by Melville from Béatrix Beck 's novel The Passionate Heart (French: Léon Morin, prêtre ), which won the Prix Goncourt in 1952.
- Jean-Pierre Melville
Léon Morin, Priest: Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel. Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- 1961-09-22
Oct 21, 2009 · Private instruction in the faith with a seductive subtext. Roger Ebert October 21, 2009. Tweet. Now streaming on: Free. Subs. Powered by JustWatch. In 1961, one year after he appeared in "Breathless" (1960) and two years after she appeared in "Hiroshima, Mon Amour," Jean-Paul Belmondo and Emmanuelle Riva made "Leon Morin, Priest."
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3 days ago · Streaming charts last updated: 9:20:34 PM, 05/20/2024. Léon Morin, Priest is 19658 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 13620 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Just a bit of Love but less popular than A Simple Wish.
- 1961
- Leon Morin; Barny; Christine Sangredin
- Jean-Pierre Melville
Jul 26, 2011 · Jean-Paul Belmondo delivers a subtly sensual performance in the hot-under-the-collar Léon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. The French superstar plays a devoted man of the cloth who is desired by all the women of a small village in Nazi-occupied France.
- Léon Morin
The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin to do so. After spending some time with him, the relationship with her confessor turns into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire.
