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The Unfrocked One (1954)

The Unfrocked One (1954)

Drama
Release Date: 1954, February 26
Directors: Léo Joannon
Countries: France
Production: Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC), Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC), Gaumont, Gaumont, Gaumont
Cast: Georges Lannes, Guy Decomble, Nicole Stéphane, Jacques Fabbri, Pierre Trabaud, René Havard, Renaud Mary, Pierre Fresnay, Marcelle Géniat, Abel Jacquin

Overview:

Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church, former priest Maurice (Fresnay) delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism. Even so, young Gerard (Pierre Trabaud) becomes convinced that Maurice has never truly lost his calling. Becoming a priest himself, Gerard devotes his life to bringing Maurice back into the fold. Things don't turn out quite as Gerard hopes, however; he has not reckoned with the possibility that Maurice may have been driven into insanity by his raging self-hatred.