Diary of a Country Priest Comments

  • Garry 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    Bresson's use of voiceovers is very poetic, which is quite a contrast to his nuanced and alienated relationship settings. And, keeping a diary to guide the narrative paragraphs is very...

  • Ole 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    To be honest I didn't watch...

  • Dane 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    Too bitter. . Or maybe he thinks I'm too tender and unable to...

  • Briana 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    he forgives...

  • Emory 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    I just don't like the feeling of the director standing up and...

  • Elliot 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    The Diary of a Village Priest brought me into the same confusion I get after watching the Seventh Seal. I guess it has something to do with religion? Or is it just because I don't have enough ability to understand the long abstract form of dialogue? Anyway, there is no way to make an...

  • Roselyn 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    The clips on youtube are still in English. I only watched three paragraphs, and it is not easy to rate. All the panoramas are cutscenes, and then stand still and start a long conversation. The faces of the characters are stiff and there is almost no expression....

  • Alexis 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    touch the heart without a...

  • Jason 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    Still dull, omniscient, literary, black scene, switching film value, "Bresson makes full use of voice-over as the main means of retelling the original text of the novel. In order to be faithful to the original text, Bresson did not change the conversation recorded by the priest through recollection to dialogue to adapt to the novel. The real dialogue rhythm and balance in the original text makes it buried in the undisturbed...

  • Winnifred 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    Diary writing + narration constitute the axis of the film. Various fragments of the whole film keep returning to this axis, and the style of the diary provides the structure of fragmented narrative and plays the editing function at the narrative level. This also leads to the fact that the film must be read as a novel. The images here are more like the flesh formed by the spread of words and emotions, like the sacrament discussed by the male protagonist and the children. Bresson's difficulty is...

Extended Reading
  • Layne 2022-03-21 09:03:04

    The spiritual crisis of modern Europeans

    In the interaction of the characters, the protagonist's belief in religion, Christianity, God, belief in daily life, belief in the saving power of belief itself, and the people around him have become insensitive and indulged in the trivialities of daily life. The conflict with the torment of daily...

  • Mandy 2022-03-21 09:03:04

    I was a prisoner of the Holy Agony.

    Pastor's Diet

    The pastor only eats bread and wine every day, because such a diet can make him "clear mind" and "feel stronger". This almost masochistic dietary choice, in addition to the meaning represented by wine and bread itself (the blood and flesh of Christ), is also a form of penance,...

Diary of a Country Priest quotes

  • Curé de Torcy: Pray to the Holy Virgin. She is our mother, of course, the mother of mankind, but also its daughter. The ancient world, the world before grace, had long cradled her. For centuries on end, its old hands had protected the marvelous little girl whose name it didn't even know. A little girl, that queen of angels, which she still remains. Never forget that.

  • Curé d'Ambricourt: [voiceover] Dawn's deliverance is always sweet. Blessed are the mornings. I pray better.