The BFI, London will have a special screening of Léon Morin, Prêtre on 28th February 2011.
In a French village during World War II, a communist, atheist widow challenges a charismatic radical priest. Instead of a battle of wills, their relationship develops into an ongoing discussion about the nature of divine grace.
Jean-Pierre Melville’s film, based on Beatrice Beck’s autobiographical novel, brings his characteristic toughness and leanness to this story of a relationship that is both intellectual and emotional, tentatively growing in the malign shadows of the occupation.
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