Diary of a Country Priest (1951) - (The Criterion Collection - #222) [DVD9] [2004]

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.






MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Robert Bresson
COUNTRY: France
YEAR: 1951

Cast & Credits

Cast
Priest of Ambricourt Claude Laydu
Count Jean Riveyre
Countess Marie-Monique Arkell
Priest of Torcy André Guibert
Dr. Delbende Antoine Balpêtré
Chantal Nicole Ladmiral
Séraphita Martine Lemaire
Louise Nicole Maurey
Olivier Jean Danet
Canon Gaston Séverin
Priest Dufréty Bernard Hubrenne
Housekeeper Jeanne Étiévant
Madame Dumouchel Gilberte Terbois
Monsieur Fabragars Léon Arvel
Deputy mayor Martial Morange


Credits
Director Robert Bresson
Producers Léon Carré and Robert Sussfeld
Screenplay Robert Bresson
Based on the novel by Georges Bernanos
Original music by Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
Cinematography Léonce-Henri Burel
Film editor Paulette Robert
Art director Pierre Charbonnier
Set decorator Robert Turlure
Assistant director Guy Lefranc
Sound Jean Rieul







DVD:
DVD RELEASE: February 3, 2004
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 222
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
BLACK AND WHITE
AUDIO: French Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 115 minutes


EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO) + MDS file
FILE SIZE: 6.65 GB
SCANS HQ PDF(800 DPI): 11.6 MB

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Disc Features

* New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
* Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* New essay by film critic Frédéric Bonnaud
* Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition