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My Priest Among the Rich (1925)

My Priest Among the Rich poster
Original title
Mon curé chez les riches
Directed by
Émile-Bernard Donatien
Country
France
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A priest gets involved with wealthy people in a small French town. The film is a silent comedy about class differences and the priest's efforts to navigate that world.

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What happens

My Priest Among the Rich (French: Mon curé chez les riches) is a 1925 French silent comedy film directed by and starring Émile-Bernard Donatien alongside Lucienne Legrand, Louis Kerly and Georges Melchior. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Clément Vautel, which has been made into films several times. It was followed by a sequel My Priest Among the Poor in 1926. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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