Diary of a Country Priest DVD Hungary A landmark in both film

A landmark in both film and twentieth century popular culture restored to its original German cinema release cut

Silent film icon Louise Brooks stars as 'Thymian' the lost girl of the title who as a teenager becomes pregnant by an employee of her father

is commissioned to paint the portrait of a countess's daughter ('Heloise') - a portrait which will be used to appeal to foreign aristocratic potential husbands

A magic-realist fable beautifully realised

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Diary of a Country Priest DVD Hungary A landmark in both film'Diary of a Country Priest' Director: Robert Bresson (1950) French w English subtitles Bresson brings his sparse, intense approach to the story of a young sickly priest assigned to a rural parish in Northern France whose residents have little appetite for spirituality. He becomes embroiled in the complexities of a wealthy Count's domestic life and struggles to engage with his parishioners. We hear his reflections through excerpts from his diary which