This movie surprised me. I've seen a few Jean-Paul Belmondo movies. (He's most known for Breathless.) He usually plays good-looking thugs. In this, he plays a priest and he's sincere. He's a better more rounded actor than I gave him credit for. Emmanuelle Riva, from Hiroshima Mon Amour, plays a woman who first comes to debate the priest but gradually comes to believe the faith, and falls for Belmondo too. This was a pretty good movie. Usually, I'm critical of The Criterion Collection saying they shouldn't have chosen this over this. However, I'm glad this movie is in the collection. It's not a very famous film but it works.
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