Dieu a besoin des hommes (1950)

Directed by

Jean Delannoy

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A story set on a remote island in Brittany where a community struggles with faith and daily life. The film focuses on a man who takes on a priestlike role for his neighbors, even without official church approval.

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What happens

God Needs Men (French: Dieu a besoin des hommes) is a 1950 French historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Robinson and Daniel Gélin. The film is based on a 1944 novel Un recteur de l'Île de Sein by Henri Queffelec. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Initial location shooting took place on the Île de Sein off Finistère in Brittany, but the majority of the film was staged on mainland Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. God Needs Men was originally due to be the French entry at the 1950 Venice Film Festival but it was withdrawn due to fears that its subject might offend the Catholic Church. However, due to its popularity, including amongst Catholics, it was accepted for screening at the Festival anyway. At the 1951 Berlin Film Festival it won the Special Prize for an Excellent Film Achievement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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