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La Symphonie pastorale

Original title: Pastoral Symphony
1946 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by Jean Delannoy
Drama

Cast

Michèle Morgan Pierre Blanchar Line Noro

Credits

Written by: André Gide

Plot

A Swiss pastor takes in a blind orphan girl, Gertrude, and patiently teaches her to communicate and understand the world. As she grows into a young woman, the pastor's affection becomes love, which he disguises as duty, while his son Jacques also falls for her. When an operation restores her sight, she sees the truth about the people around her. Jean Delannoy's 1946 adaptation of André Gide's novel, with Michèle Morgan, won the Grand Prize at Cannes.

Sinekatalog’s take

Jean Delannoy's adaptation of Gide follows a Swiss pastor who raises a blind girl, then falls in love with her while calling it duty. Michèle Morgan is luminous in a restrained, snowy and moving drama of faith, jealousy and blindness.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (721 votes)
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