Ars

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Filming the winter landscapes of the plains and villages of Ain, where the sanctified priest the Curé of Ars lived, Jacques Demy tried to understand the fighter for the faith and his daily t... Read allFilming the winter landscapes of the plains and villages of Ain, where the sanctified priest the Curé of Ars lived, Jacques Demy tried to understand the fighter for the faith and his daily torments of mysticism.Filming the winter landscapes of the plains and villages of Ain, where the sanctified priest the Curé of Ars lived, Jacques Demy tried to understand the fighter for the faith and his daily torments of mysticism.

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- Jacques Demy
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- Jacques Demy
- Jean-Marie Vianney
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- Jacques Demy
- Bernard Toublanc-Michel

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6.4/10

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Director
- Jacques Demy
Writers
- Jacques Demy
- Jean-Marie Vianney
Stars
- Jacques Demy
- Bernard Toublanc-Michel

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Bernard Toublanc-Michel

Un mauvais chrétien
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Director
- Jacques Demy
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- Jacques Demy
- Jean-Marie Vianney
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In making this short in which he dealt with his own wavering Catholic faith, director Demy was influenced by the feature film The Diary of a Country Priest, by Bresson.

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6/10

Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney

Jacques Demy directs this short documentary of the pastor of Ars in Auvergne. It's now a commune, but it had a long religious history, and this one concerns a pastor of rather strict habits, who railed against caberets and even village dances. ts, and the priest's room, bare except for a bed, religious icons, and the whip with which he used to beat himself.

It's a story of his efforts to be a vessel of G*d. He seems to have succeeded on his own terms. Demy's narration, neither approving nor disapproving, leaves the answer unknown.