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Diary of a Country Priest

Year:

1954

Duration:

115 min | USA:95 min | Canada:122 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.9

Director:

Robert Bresson

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 1954-04-05

Filming Locations: Château, Equirre, Pas-de-Calais, France

Cast

Actor

Character

Nicole Maurey

Claude Laydu

Priest of Ambricourt (Curé d'Ambricourt)

Jean Riveyre

Count (Le Comte)

Adrien Borel

Priest of Torcy (Curé de Torcy) (as Andre Guibert)

Rachel Bérendt

Countess (La Comtesse)

Nicole Ladmiral

Chantal

Martine Lemaire

Séraphita Dumontel

Antoine Balpêtré

Dr. Delbende (Docteur Delbende) (as Balpetre)

Jean Danet

Olivier

Gaston Séverin

Canon (Le Chanoine) (as Gaston Severin)

Yvette Etiévant

Femme de ménage

Bernard Hubrenne

Priest Dufrety

Léon Arvel

Fabregars

Martial Morange

Deputy mayor (L'Adjoint)

Gilberte Terbois

Mrs. Dumouchel (Mme Dumouchel)

Serge Bento

Mitonnet (as Serge Benneteau)

Germaine Stainval

La patronne du café (uncredited)

François Valorbe

Bit Role (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The main character's bizarre, unhealthy eating habits, not to mention his obsessive isolation and loneliness, were reportedly an influence on the character of Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976).

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First film of Claude Laydu.

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The famous line, "All is grace," is a quotation from Therese de Lisieux, a saint to whom novelist Georges Bernanos was deeply devoted.

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Quotes

Curé de Torcy: Make order. Make order all day long. Make order while thinking that disorder will take over the following day, because it is precisely within order, unfortunately, that the night will blow away yesterday's work.

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Curé d'Ambricourt: I was so disappointed I had to lean against the wall.

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Curé d'Ambricourt: I said to her, "Peace be with you," and she'd received that peace on her knees. What wonder, that one can give what one doesn't possess! Oh, miracle of our empty hands!

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