The Avon Theatre and Focus on French Cinema present: LEON MORIN, PRIEST (1961) on Tuesday, September 12 at 7:30 p.m.
There will be a pre-film wine & cheese reception at 7:00pm.
Visit www.avontheatre.org for tickets.
Ticket prices are as follows: Carte Blanche Members: FREE, Avon Members: $7
Students & Seniors: $9, Nonmembers: $12, Alliance Francaise of Greenwich: $7
ABOUT THE FILM:
A richly contemplative saga of grief from director Jean-Pierre Melville, this is the tale of a young war widow who is helped to work through her doubts and bitterness by a young priest (Jean-Paul Belmondo). “Religion is the opiate of the people,” begins the confession of jaded Communist widow Barny (Emmanuelle Riva). Relocated to a drab little village during the Occupation, her boredom has
led to provoking the local clergy. But when her confessor dryly replies “Pas exactement,” Barny begins a seemingly inexorable turn towards God — or perhaps towards her handsome confessor.
Not Rated | In French with subtitles | 117 minutes