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Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Emmanuelle Riva
- Barny
- (as Emmanuele Riva)
Marco Behar
- Edelman
- (as Marco Béhar de la Comédie Française)
Marc Eyraud
- Anton
- (as Marc Heyraud)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.
- GoofsAt 1:33:20, when the two elderly ladies are visiting Barny, the background behind the window is clearly fake, revealing it was a studio set.
- Quotes
Léon Morin: The invisible church. It extends far beyond the visible church.
Barny: What is the invisible church?
Léon Morin: All human beings of goodwill.
- Alternate versionsThe theatrical release version is 111-minute long, which is the version used for the 2011 Criterion DVD and Blu-Ray release. The remastered 4K version, used for the 2019 Kino Lorber Blu-Ray release, is the longer director's cut, at 128 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Le fils de Gascogne (1995)
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Good actors' performance, if a little didactic !
I discovered this one recently in my local market on a double DVD with a film called "Les Grandes Gueules". It was interesting to see Belmondo in the rôle of a priest and I thought his dialogue and ideas were very convincing indeed ! Emanuelle Riva, I know less but she put in a good performance too. The outcome, nevertheless, is predictable and, as is often the case in French films unfortunately, ends on a pessimistic note ! Although the film is in black and white and from 1961, picture and sound quality are reasonably good. I was most pleased to see Belmondo in this rôle which changes somewhat from stuntman and the usual commissaires de police ! I am moderately religious so was interested in the theme and ideas of the film. That said, on the other hand, to someone who is anti-religion, heathen or atheist, the film might indeed appear uninteresting and boring !
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- nicholas.rhodes
- Sep 12, 2004
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- The Forgiven Sinner
- Filming locations
- Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, France(street scenes)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $72,078
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,515
- Apr 19, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $72,835
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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