Diary Of A Country Priest / Journal D'un Cure De Campagne

Tookey's Rating
	8 /10

Average Rating
	8.88 /10

Starring
Claude Laydu , Jean Riveyre, Armand Guibert
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Directed by: Robert Bresson
Written by: Robert Bresson , from Georges Bernanos's novel

Released:	1950

Genre:	DRAMA FOREIGN

Origin:	France

Length:	120

A callow young curate dying of cancer (Claude Laydu, pictured) ponders his failures. Doesn't sound like a hit to me, either.

Reviewed by Chris Tookey

Proof yet again of Bresson's doom-laden genius. This is a film in which everything is going on inside its hero's head, yet all is made abundantly clear to the audience. Through Bresson's artistry, a picture which sounds as if it must be static and depressing turns into an experience which is both moving and life-affirming.

Claude Laydu had never acted before, but gives one of the great screen performances.

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