Léon Morin, Priest
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| Directed by | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Screenplay by | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Based on | Léon Morin, prêtre by Béatrix Beck |
| Produced by | Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard |
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| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Edited by | Jacqueline Meppiel Nadine Marquand Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
| Music by | Martial Solal |
| Distributed by | Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 1,703,758 admissions (France) |
Léon Morin, Priest (French: Léon Morin, prêtre) is a 1961 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It was adapted by Melville from Béatrix Beck's novel The Passionate Heart (French: Léon Morin, prêtre), which won the Prix Goncourt in 1952. Set during WWII in Occupied France, the film stars Emmanuelle Riva as a jaded, lapsed Catholic mother and widow of a Jewish husband, who finds herself falling in love with a young, altruistic priest, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo.
For his work in the film, Belmondo was nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actor. At the 1961 Venice Film Festival, the film won the “Award of the City of Venice” and was nominated for the Golden Lion.