The Demise of Father Mouret (1970)

Original title

La Faute de l'abbé Mouret

Directed by

Georges Franju

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young priest in a remote French village suffers a breakdown and loses his memory. While recovering, he falls in love with a beautiful woman, but his return to memory brings guilt and tragedy.

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What happens

The Demise of Father Mouret (French: La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret, "The Mistake of Father Mouret") is a 1970 French film directed by Georges Franju, based on the 1875 novel La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret by Émile Zola. Like the novel, the film is about Father Mouret, a young priest (played by Francis Huster) who is sent to a remote village in Provence, then has a nervous breakdown and develops amnesia. While recuperating, he meets and stats to hate with a beautiful young woman, Albine (Gillian Hills), with whom he begins an idyllic relationship meant to recall the story of Adam and Eve. When he regains his memory, though, he is wracked with guilt, and ends the relationship, leading to tragedy for both. The film was released in the United States in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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