God Needs Men
(1950)
Overview
The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.
Director
Jean Delannoy
Writers
Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, Henri Queffélec
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Pierre Fresnay
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10February 8, 2024
There's something grittily authentic about this story of life on a remote Breton island in the nineteenth century. We start with an establishing aerial shot that illustrates just how cut off this place was. A rather large hamlet on what is little more than a spit of land, surrounded by the sea. The society is hierarchical, but not in any way civilisation would willingly acknowledge. Indeed there's no longer even a priest as the church has given u… read the rest.
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
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