Summary
With ghostly eyes looking through the winter landscapes of the plains and villages of Ain, where the sanctified priest the Curé of Ars once lived, Jacques Demy tried to understand this fighter for communal spirituality and his daily torments of mysticism.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Intergenerational
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 65GoodWatch 63
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings3.3/5
IMDb6.4
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1960
December 1, 1960
66 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
France
Directing · 2
- Jacques Demy Director, Writer
- Bernard Toublanc-Michel Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Jean-Marie Vianney Writer
Production · 2
- Philippe Dussart Producer
- Jean-Pierre Chartier Producer
Camera · 2
- Lucien Joulin Director of Photography
- Claude Robin Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Anne-Marie Cotret Editor
- Monique Teisseire Assistant Editor
Sound · 2
- Elsa Barraine Original Music Composer
- René Louge Sound Engineer
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