Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951)
"A priest of humble origin, lost in the maze of worldiness"
Title: Diary of a Country Priest
Original Title: Journal d'un curé de campagne
Release Date: 1951-02-07
Status: Released
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 260 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: UGC Films
An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.
Cast
Claude Laydu
Priest of Ambricourt
Jean Riveyre
Count
Adrien Borel
Priest of Torcy
Rachel Bérendt
Countess
Nicole Maurey
Miss Louise
Nicole Ladmiral
Chantal
Martine Lemaire
Séraphita Dumontel
Antoine Balpêtré
Dr. Delbende
Jean Danet
Olivier
Gaston Séverin
Canon
