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1950 |
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DRAMA
FOREIGN
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| Origin: |
France |
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| Length: |
120 |
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A callow young curate dying of cancer (Claude Laydu, pictured) ponders his failures. Doesn't sound like a hit to me, either.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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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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, Jean Riveyre, Armand Guibert