Journal d'un curâe de campagne Diary of a country priest / [videorecording] = Diary of a country priest Janus Films ; Studio Canal Image ; producers, Lâeon Carrâe, Robert Sussfeld ; writer and director, Robert Bresson. - Full screen (1.33:1) presentation. - [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2004, c1950. - 1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. - The Criterion collection ; 222 .

Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Based on the novel by Georges Bernanos. Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; original theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation; essay by film critic Frâedâeric Bonnaud; new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound.

Cinematographer, Lâeonce-Henri Burel ; art director, Pierre Charbonnier ; editor, Paulette Robert ; original music, Jean-Jacques Grèunenwald. Cinematographer, Lâeonce-Henri Burel ; art director, Pierre Charbonnier ; editor, Paulette Robert ; original music, Jean-Jacques Grèunenwald.

Claude Laydu, Antoine Balpãetrâe, Gaston Sâeverin, Lâeon Arvel, Jean Danet, Andrâe Guibert, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre, Jeanne âEtiâevant, Bernard Hubrenne, Marie-Monique Arkell.

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.

Not rated.


DVD; NTSC (Region 1); Dolby Digital mono; RSDL dual-layer ed.


French dialogue with optional English subtitles.

0780027817 9780780027817

037429185520

DIA080 Criterion Collection


Diaries--Drama.
Priests--France--Drama.
Feature films.
Foreign films--France.

CM DVD 00872

843.912