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Journal d'un curé de campagne Diary of a country priest / [videorecording] = Diary of a country priest. Title on container : Robert Bresson's Diary of a country priest. - [United States] : Criterion Collection : available from Image Entertainment, [2004], c1950. - 1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion collection. . - Criterion collection. .

Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. 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. Run time: approx. 110 min.

Cinematographer, Léonce-Henri Burel ; art director, Pierre Charbonnier ; editor, Paulette Robert ; original music, Jean-Jacques Grünenwald. 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.

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.


DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, RSDL dual-layer ed.


French dialogue, English subtitles.

ISBN: 0780027817

Standard No.: 037429185520

Publisher. No.: DIA080 Criterion Collection

Source: Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Diaries--Drama.
Priests--France--Drama.

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72