Watch Léon Morin, Priest (1961) Online

In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans arrive, Barny sends her half-Jewish daughter to live in a farm in the countryside and finds that Sabine's brother has been arrested and sent to a concentration camp. The atheist Barny decides to baptize her daughter to protect her and chooses priest Léon Morin to discuss with him themes related to religion and Catholicism and Léon lends books to her. Barny converts to the Catholicism and becomes closer to Léon, feeling an unrequited desire for him. Read More

Watch Léon Morin, Priest online. Featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Emmanuelle Riva, Léon Morin, Priest is classified as Romance and Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 6.9. It is available for streaming online in the USA on 1 services such as Kanopy. The movie was filmed in France and was released on 1961. Léon Morin, Priest was directed by Volker Schlöndorff,Jean-Pierre Melville,Bertrand Tavernier,Jacqueline Parey,Nadine Trintignant. Read Less