Léon Morin, Priest (1961) on Netflix
In occupied France, the widowed atheist Barny raises her daughter and corrects school papers. She makes a fake confession to provoke the curate Léon Morin, who answers with calm theology.
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Plot summary
Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.
In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans arrive, Barny sends her half-Jewish daughter to live in a farm in the countryside and finds that Sabine's brother has been arrested and sent to a concentration camp. The atheist Barny decides to baptize her daughter to protect her and chooses priest Léon Morin to discuss with him themes related to religion and Catholicism and Léon lends books to her. Barny converts to the Catholicism and becomes closer to Léon, feeling an unrequited desire for him.
Cast
- Monique Berthoas Marion
- Nina Grégoire
- Simone Vannieras Une secrétaire
