Under the Sun of Satan (1987)

Original title

Sous le soleil de Satan

Directed by

Maurice Pialat

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

16

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 138 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young priest in 1920s rural France struggles with his faith and spiritual abilities. He feels overwhelmed by the evil he sees in the world around him.

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What happens

Under the Sun of Satan (French: Sous le soleil de Satan) is a 1987 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire and Pialat himself. It is based on the 1926 novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos. Set in the countryside of northern France in the 1920s, it tells the story of a tormented young priest who has spiritual gifts but agonises over what good he can do in a world under the grip of evil. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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