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Under the Sun of Satan

Original title: Sous le soleil de Satan · Turkish title: Şeytanın Güneşi Altında
1987 · 1 h 38 min
Directed by Maurice Pialat
DramaFantasy

Cast

Gérard Depardieu Sandrine Bonnaire Maurice Pialat

Credits

Written by: Georges Bernanos

Plot

In rural northern France in the early twentieth century, the young priest Donissan, tormented by self-doubt, mortifies himself and is convinced he is constantly tempted by the devil. He meets a young woman, Mouchette, who has killed a man, and he faces a series of spiritual tests. Maurice Pialat's 1987 film, based on a novel by Georges Bernanos, with Gérard Depardieu, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Sinekatalog’s take

Maurice Pialat's Palme d'Or winner follows a tormented rural priest battling doubt and the devil. Gérard Depardieu is intense in a harsh, divisive adaptation of Bernanos that was booed and then widely admired.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (4,218 votes)
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