Fiction
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PUBLISHED
©1950
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
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Criterion collection #222
NOTES
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950
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
Based on the novel by Georges Bernanos
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; 11 minutes of deleted scenes; new and improved English subtitle translation; new essay by film critic Frédéric Bonnaud; new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
Cinematographer, Léonce-Henri Burel ; art director, Pierre Charbonnier ; editor, Paulette Robert ; original music, Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
Claude Laydu, Léon Arvel, Antoine Balpêtré, Jean Danet, Jeanne Étiévant, André Guibert, Bernard Hubrenne, Nicole Ladmiral, Martine Lemaire
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, RSDL dual-layer ed
French dialogue, English subtitles