The Dialogue of the Carmelites

1960 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 328 VOTES · DIR. Raymond Leopold Bruckberger, Philippe Agostini

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Overview

This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion. 

Dialogue Timeline — 891 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:02 THE CARMELITES
00:12:55 Mother, I thought I was honest a while ago.
00:15:40 Try to relax and not to move.
00:18:55 To avert this threat, I would have given my poor life.
00:21:24 Sister Blanche, now you're upset with me.
00:26:38 They must be discussing as much as in the National Assembly.
00:30:44 Rightly or wrongly, people think that the monasteries are home
00:36:18 This habit is a uniform on a battlefield.
00:41:00 How long have you been locked in this house?
00:43:41 And we'll destroy it
00:46:54 Let's vote.
00:51:31 a Christian lives very well outside the law.
00:55:19 Oh Mother, I could not resist. I love parades.
00:59:06 Men are fighting. Let us condemn neither one nor the other.
01:04:35 It would be a shame. He looks so cute with his head in his hands.
01:09:19 It's the very name of the martyrdom of our Lord.
01:13:22 What's he saying?
01:16:43 I also want to pronounce this vow, I beg you
01:21:43 Where did she go?
01:25:30 Is it true what he says?
01:30:33 Oh, we have all the time! I want to see how it ends.
01:34:40 I try to answer for you on earth as I would do it before God.
01:37:34 to be separated from the daughters at the time of death.
01:46:50 She who was Prioress of the Carmel of Compiègne.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed891
Dialogue density8.0 lines / min
First line00:02:02
Final line01:46:50

Production Record

DirectorRaymond Leopold Bruckberger, Philippe Agostini
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes328