Diary of a Country Priest

1951 · 115 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 13,105 VOTES · DIR. Robert Bresson

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Overview

An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,200 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:49 From the Novel by GEORGES BERNANOS
00:06:55 Besides exterminating the devil
00:11:36 But why such hostility? What had I done to them?
00:16:28 There is something hard and rigid in her expression
00:20:50 When things get you down, come and pay me a call.
00:25:06 you cut an odd figure.
00:31:56 He was visibly anguished.
00:37:57 Kill her or kill myself!
00:41:30 whose very fervor made it suspect.
00:45:14 Silence.
00:48:00 I lived in peace, and I should have died in peace.
00:51:18 Give it to God just as it is.
00:56:57 but the nuns were there
01:01:09 Very well. Let's drop the idea.
01:05:07 I'd be surprised if anyone noticed her absence.
01:09:29 I'd get stomach cramps too if I ate as you do!
01:13:11 I won't close my door to her.
01:16:53 I looked at him distractedly.
01:21:56 already roughened by hard work and washing.
01:28:05 My cousin.
01:33:58 Things suddenly seemed simple.
01:37:12 Just a stone, no larger than any other.
01:45:27 But don't think I've turned into an ignoramus.
01:49:54 Besides, he can't get around much.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,200
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:00:49
Final line01:49:54

Production Record

DirectorRobert Bresson
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes13,105