Léon Morin, Priest
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This article is about the 1961 film. For the 1952 novel, see The Passionate Heart.
Léon Morin, Priest (French: Léon Morin, prêtre) is a 1961 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It was adapted by Melville from Béatrix Beck's novel The Passionate Heart (French: Léon Morin, prêtre), which won the Prix Goncourt in 1952. Set during WWII in Occupied France, the film stars Emmanuelle Riva as a jaded, lapsed Catholic mother and widow of a Jewish husband, who finds herself falling in love with a young, altruistic priest, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo.
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Directed by | Jean-Pierre Melville |
Screenplay by | Jean-Pierre Melville |
Based on | Léon Morin, prêtre by Béatrix Beck |
Produced by | Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard |
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Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
Edited by | Jacqueline Meppiel Nadine Marquand Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
Music by | Martial Solal |
Distributed by | Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | 1,703,758 admissions (France)[1] |
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For his work in the film, Belmondo was nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actor.