Léon Morin, Priest
- Original title
- Léon Morin, prêtreaka
- AKA
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- The Forgiven Sinner
- Year
- 1961
- Running time
- 112 min.
- Country
France
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Jean-Pierre Melville. Novel: Béatrix Beck
- Cast
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- Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Emmanuelle Riva
- Iréne Tunc
- Nicole Mirel
- Gisèle Grimm
- Marco Behar
- Monique Bertho
- Gerard Buhr
- Howard Vernon
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- Music
- Cinematography
Henri Decaë (B&W)- Producer
- Co-production France-Italy;
- Genre
- Drama | Religion. II World War. Clergy
- Synopsis
- A little French town during the Occupation. Barny is a young sexually frustrated widow, living with her little girl France. She is also a communist militant, and one days she enters in a church, randomly choses a priest and starts criticizing the religion. But the priest is a young handsome clever one, Leon Morin. He does not offer her the reaction she was expecting. She is disturbated. She starts frequenting him, impressed by Morin's moral strength.
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- Awards
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1962: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best Foreign Actor (Jean-Paul Belmondo)
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