At 9:15 a.m. Join Elliot Guerra as we present Robert Bresson’s masterpiece, Diary of a Country Priest (1951). The film is free with light refreshments and a brief discussion to follow in the School Conference Room. Enrich your spiritual journey with the world’s best cinema! A new priest (Claude Laydu) arrives in the French country village of Ambricourt to attend to his first parish. The apathetic and hostile rural congregation rejects him immediately. Through his diary entries, the suffering young man relays a crisis of faith that threatens to drive him away from the village and from God. With his fourth film, Robert Bresson began to implement his stylistic philosophy as a filmmaker, stripping away all inessential elements from his compositions, the dialogue and the music, exacting a purity of image and sound.
- New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
- New and improved English subtitle translation
France- 1951
- 115 minutes
- Black & White
“DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST” Thursday, March 14, 2019 in the Conference Room