Sous le soleil de Satan (1987)

Director:

Maurice Pialat

Writers:

Georges Bernanos (novel)
Maurice Pialat (writer)

Release Date:

10 February 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Dossignan is a very zealous rural priest. The dean Menou-Segrais tries to keep him reasonable. But Dossignan will be tempted by Satan...

Plot Keywords:

Satan | Priest | Rural | Devil | Confessional

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	Donissan
Sandrine Bonnaire	...	Mouchette
Maurice Pialat	...	Menou-Segrais
Alain Artur	...	Cadignan
Yann Dedet	...	Gallet
Brigitte Legendre	...	Mouchette's Mother
Jean-Claude Bourlat	...	Malorthy
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Horse Dealer
Philippe Pallut	...	Quarryman
Marcel Anselin	...	Bishop Gerbier
Yvette Lavogez	...	Marthe
Pierre D'Hoffelize	...	Havret
Corinne Bourdon	...	Child's Mother
Thierry Der'ven	...	Sabroux
Marie-Antoinette Lorge	...	Estelle

Also Known As:

Under the Sun of Satan (UK) (USA)
Under Satan's Sun

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

Action Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)

Soundtrack:

Intermezzo from Symphony No.1

A movie I own and love

Wonderful! Fascinating! Bernanos captured with an obvious anti-clerical twist from Pialat. A cult-movie for art-movies amateurs... If you have seen other Pialat's films, you understand the progression of his art. Very honest film that shakes your bones to the core. Sandrine Bonnaire is just perfect and Depardieu's calm and open acting works very well with the character. A dark movie at its best! This is a well-deserved Golden Palm from the 1987 Cannes Festival, handed by Yves Montand, as president of the Jury. What a scandal it was -- giving the palm to an outcast like Pialat. History will remember that Cannes, on its 50th anniversary, tried and succeeded on promoting true art in films.