 Diary of a Country Priest 1950  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Claude Laydu, Jean Riveyre, Andre Guibert, Nicole Maurey, Nicole Ladmiral, Rachel Berendt, Martine Lemaire, Antoine Balpetre, Jean Danet, Gaston Severin, Jeanne Etievant, Bernard Hubrenne, Leon Arvel
When a young priest (Claude Laydu) arrives at his first parish in the town of Ambricourt, he lives the life of a martyr and finds himself isolated from the locals. This, in turn, forces him to question his faith. An excellent Robert Bresson film.
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Le Corbeau 1943  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Raven
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquey, Ginette Leclerc, Helena Manson, Noel Roquevert, Antoine Balpetre, Micheline Francey, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Sylvie, Liliane Maigne, Jean Brochard, Bernard Lancret
This film was controversial because it was paid for by the Nazis during World War II. It was remade in the United States under the title, "The 13th Letter." The plot involves inhabitants of a small French town who become upset when poison-pen letters begin to arrive revealing their hidden pasts.
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| 1. Diary of a Country Priest (1950)
2. Le Corbeau (1943)
aka: The Raven
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