Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
- Barny
- (as Emmanuele Riva)
- Edelman
- (as Marco Béhar de la Comédie Française)
- Anton
- (as Marc Heyraud)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.
- GoofsAt 1:33:20, when the two elderly ladies are visiting Barny, the background behind the window is clearly fake, revealing it was a studio set.
- Quotes
Barny: Father, what I can't seem to understand is how Jesus died abandoned by God.
Léon Morin: What was that?
Barny: His frightening words just before dying: My God, My God, why has thou forsaken me?
Léon Morin: Not at all. Jesus being a Jew and dying a Jew, he recited Psalm 22, which is a Jewish prayer. Here.
[picks up a Bible]
Léon Morin: "My God, My God why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far and hearest not my wailing?" And it ends with a tribute to God: "For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he governs among nations."
Barny: Jehovah, God of Jews and Christians.
Léon Morin: Naturally.
Barny: That Jehovah is God the Father, I have to strive not to forget.
Léon Morin: You're not the only one. Jesus didn't chose Psalm 22 by chance. He chose it because it relates especially to him. It is also said, "They pierced my hands and feet. They share my garments among them and for my raiment cast lots."
- Alternate versionsThe theatrical release version is 111-minute long, which is the version used for the 2011 Criterion DVD and Blu-Ray release. The remastered 4K version, used for the 2019 Kino Lorber Blu-Ray release, is the longer director's cut, at 128 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Le fils de Gascogne (1995)
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- Sep 12, 2004
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- The Forgiven Sinner
- Filming locations
- Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, France(street scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $72,078
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,515
- Apr 19, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $72,462
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1