Where to Watch Léon Morin, Priest (1961) in the US

What it's about

In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans arrive, Barny sends her half-Jewish daughter to live in a farm in the countryside and finds that Sabine's brother has been arrested and sent to a concentration camp. The atheist Barny decides to baptize her daughter to protect her and chooses priest Léon Morin to discuss with him themes related to religion and Catholicism and Léon lends books to her. Barny converts to the Catholicism and becomes closer to Léon, feeling an unrequited desire for him.

Cast and crew

Director

Jean-Pierre Melville

Writer

Béatrix Beck, Jean-Pierre Melville

Starring

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc

Details

Release date

Sep 22, 1961

Language

French, English, German

Country

France, Italy

Box office

$72,078

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total

Where to Watch Léon Morin, Priest (1961) in the US — common questions

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