Diary of a Country Priest = : Journal D'un Curé de Campagne

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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.
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.
Contents: Journal d'un curé de campagne.

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SERIES
Criterion collection
222.

LANGUAGE OPTIONS
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
Year Published: 2004
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0780027817 :

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Carré, Léon.
Sussfeld, Robert.
Bresson, Robert.
Laydu, Claude.
Arvel, Léon, 1873-1956.
Balpetré, Antoine, 1898-1963.
Danet, Jean.
Étiévant, Jeanne.
Guibert, André.
Hubrenne, Bernard.
Ladmiral, Nicole.
Lemaire, Martine.
Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948.
U.G.C. (Firm)
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)

SUBJECTS
Bernanos, Georges, -- 1888-1948 -- Film and video adaptations.
Diaries -- Drama.
Priests -- France -- Drama.
Feature films.