In a small french town during the occupation, barny rivais a young, wayward, sexually frustrated widow, living with her little girl. In world war ii, the widow barny sees the italian soldiers arriving in occupied saint bernard while walking to her job. Jeanpaul belmondo delivers a subtly sensual performance in the hotunderthecollar leon morin, priest leon morin, pretre, directed by jeanpierre melville. Belmondo was nominated for a bafta award for best foreign actor. Leon morin, pretre is a 1961 film directed and scripted by jeanpierre melville, and starring jeanpaul belmondo and emmanuelle riva. Leon morin, pretre tale from beatrix becks 1952 novel of a young agnostic womans conversion to catholicism and her physical love for a priest during the nazi occupation of france is handled. Dvd leon morin, o padre the priest region all no english. Il sagit dune adaptation du roman leon morin, pretre. Join facebook to connect with leonard morin and others you may know.
Leon morin, priest special edition aka leon morin, pretre bluray. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. In so many other films, belmondo is cast as roguecocky, selfabsorbed and charming. Morin is known to have been at the jesuit college in 1659 and to have been part of the organization and singing of masses. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss sabine. Download leon morin, priest yts yify movies torrents download. Set during occupied france, a faithless woman finds. The story concerns a newly widowed young woman known as barny,played by emmanuel riva,who is a self avowed atheist,who is seeking advice from a local priest,named leon morin,played by thenfrances matinee idol,jean paul belmando breathless,and way too many to mention here. Jeanpaul belmondo in the film leon morin, priest of jeanpierre melville. This isnt a criticism, but it is odd that the same guy from breathless now plays a. A triumph of mood, setting, and innuendo, leon morin, priest is an irreverent pleasure from one of french cinemas towering virtuosos. Organ music is used in scenes showing the heroine with the priest in church, piano music when they are in his.
In a small village in nazioccupied france, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest. When the germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest leon morin to do so. The biggest surprise was the casting of jeanpaul belmondo as the title character. Jeanpaul belmondo in a french resistance of another sort. Writerdirector jeanpierre melville uses his priest protagonist jeanpaul belmondo to chronicle the lives of the residents of the small occupied town, from those who fight in the resistance to those who simply want to survive. Leon morin, priest is a consistently intriguing film, because melville so cleverly plays with our expectations. Premiere of the complete directors cut new 4k restoration 1961religion is the opiate of the people, begins the confession of communist. In a small french provincial town during the occupation, barny is a young widow who lives with her daughter france.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. In an interview, the director declared that the movie was a very catholic film, although he. Barny converts to the catholicism and becomes closer to leon, feeling an unrequited desire for him. The series features leon, a perseverant but clumsy lion, and a host of other animal characters living in the african savannah, including an elusive springbok and leon s rival, a spotted hyena.
Interview with assistant director volker schlondorff. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. Morin is a sincere priest who is prepared to accept a posting in a remote district where no one will be interested in his books. I would also convert to catholicism to try to hook up with jeanpaul belmondo. With jeanpaul belmondo, emmanuelle riva, irene tunc, nicole mirel. Italian priest accused of hosting orgies, pimping out women. Leon morin, sacerdote leon morin, pretre jean pierre melville, 1961 vose. A bitter widow and a handsome priest share sparks in. The widow barny lives in nazioccupied france, looking after her daughter in a small village. Leon morin, pretre is a 1961 film directed and scripted by jeanpierre melville, and starring jeanpaul belmondo and emmanuelle. The french superstar plays a devoted man of the cloth who is the crush object of all the women of a small village in nazioccupied france.
During world war ii, barny, a widow, observes soldiers in italy as they come. When the germans arrive, barny sends her halfjewish daughter to live in a farm in the countryside and. Add it to your watchlist to get notified when its available to watch online. This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads subject to. Italian authorities are investigating a catholic priest from padua who has been accused of hosting orgies in his rectory and pimping out a stable of. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Leon morin, sacerdote leon morin, pretre jean pierre. Jeanpaul belmondo in the film leon morin, priest of jeanpierre. Leon morin, priest 1961 full movie download full hd youtube. The atheist barny decides to baptize her daughter to protect her and chooses priest leon morin to discuss with him themes related to religion and catholicism and leon lends books to her. In a french alps village during wwii, widowed mother barny. In that year he had the diaconate conferred on him by bishop laval.
Check out these classics starring jeanlouis trintignant and emmanuelle riva. Gloriously shot in blackandwhite by henri decay the sicilian clan, viva maria. Priest leon morin leads a long, spiritual disputation with the widow of a. This page was last edited on 6 january 2019, at 20.
Leon morin, priest, for example, a sequence of harsh chords represents the german occupation forces, and a dancing bugle motif represents the italian troops. It is based on the 1952 prix goncourtwinning novel the passionate heart french. A bitter widow and a handsome priest share sparks in a. There is an undercurrent of sincere religiosity at work. Jeanpaul belmondo delivers a subtly sensual performance in the hotunderthe collar leon morin, priest leon morin, pretre, directed by jeanpierre melville. She is also a communist militant who long ago decided that the easiest way was.