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Movie Overview
Cast
Claude Laydu
Director
Robert Bresson
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
The Diary of a Country Priest (1950)
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(1 - 5) of 5
OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh
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3/5
"even if you dig the physical sickness as metaphor for spiritual sickness bit, you'll grok this fully within 10 minutes of the start of the film"
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
86/100
"Bresson's Christ allegory is surprisingly powerful and unexpectedly (for this old agnostic) affecting,"
Cinemania
Dan Jardine
A+
"can be viewed as the closest thing to a genuine religious experience in film."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
4/4
"Robert Bresson delivers a seemingly simple account of one priest's spiritual challenges in his masterful, moving Diary of a Country Priest."
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
A+
"Profoundly contemplates suffering, conversion, incorrigibility, and the dark night of the soul with rigor and insight evoking the
Confessions
or
Story of a Soul
."
Decent Films Guide
Steven D. Greydanus
(1 - 5) of 5
OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh
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