Georges Bernanos

The essay "La France contre les robots", written by Georges Bernanos in 1944, is read by Christophe Clavert.

Straub's testament of love was made seven years after the death of Danièle Huillet, and nearly 60 years after they met in Paris and planned to adapt this short story by Georges Bernanos. (tiff.net)

Dossignan is a very zealous rural priest. The dean Menou-Segrais tries to keep him reasonable. But Dossignan will be tempted by Satan, then will try to save the soul of Mouchette, a young girl who killed one of her lovers. A film about God's grace and mysticism. (imdb)

The timid Blanche de la Force decides to retreat from the world and enter a Carmelite convent. The Mother Superior informs her that the Carmelite order is not a refuge: it is the duty of the nuns to guard the Order, not the other way around. In the convent, the jolly Sister Constance tells Blanche (to her consternation) that she has had a dream that the two of them wi. (imdb)

Mouchette is a young teenager living in the tough country. Her mother is going to die, and her father does not take care of her... (imdb)

An aristocratic novice flees the convent during the French Revolution but when the nuns are condemned by the Tribunal, joins them on the scaffold.

In Ambricourt, a young Priest (Claude Laydu) arrives to be the local parish priest. The community of the small town does not accept him... (imdb)