Drama
French (Journal d'un curé de campagne)
1951 · Directed by Robert Bresson · 115 min
A young, frail priest takes up his first parish in a closed village in northern France and starts a diary to record his days. The film follows his efforts to reach his parishioners with a severe, quiet attention that sets it apart from most religious drama.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining work of postwar French art cinema and the film that set Bresson's austere method, later a touchstone for what critics and filmmakers call spiritual or transcendental cinema.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a study of how much inner life a film can suggest while showing almost no outward drama.
Save this film, rate it and keep your notes.
Free, no ads. Your journal, your lists, a Cine Guide that remembers you.
Create your free space
