Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.
- small town
- based on novel or book
- faith
- priest
- rural area
- black and white
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Claude Laydu
Curé d'Ambricourt
Jean Riveyre
Le Comte
Adrien Borel
Priest of Torcy
Rachel Bérendt
La Comtesse
- Nicole Maurey — Miss Louise
- Nicole Ladmiral — Chantal
- Martine Lemaire — Séraphita Dumontel
- Antoine Balpêtré — Dr. Delbende
- Jean Danet — Olivier
- Gaston Séverin — Canon
- Yvette Etiévant — Femme de Ménage
- Bernard Hubrenne — Prêtre Dufrety
- Léon Arvel — Fabregars
- Martial Morange — L'Adjoint
- Gilberte Terbois — Mrs. Dumouchel
- Directed
- Robert Bresson
- Written
- Robert Bresson
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 287 ratings
- Studio
- UGC
If this stayed with you
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