Forbidden Priests (Prêtres interdits) is a 1973 French drama romance war film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Robert Hossein and Claude Jade.
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Synopsis
This French melodrama tells the tragic story of a rare couple: Priest Jean (Robert Hossein), who falls in love with a young woman, the 17-year-old girl Françoise (Claude Jade was 25 during the shooting), has relations with her, and gets her pregnant. That happens during World War II. Some years later Françoise waits for her majority to get her child out from the orphanage and Jean becomes a communist.
Cast
Robert Hossein as L'abbé Jean Rastaud
Claude Jade as Françoise Bernardeau
Pierre Mondy as Paul Lacoussade
Claude Piéplu as L'abbé Grégoire Ancely
Louis Seigner as L'évêque
Germaine Delbat as La mère de Jean
Georges Audoubert as Le père de Françoise
Lucienne Legrand as Madame Bernardeau
Michèle Watrin as La cousine de Françoise
Fabrice Mouchel as Le petit François
Guy Di Rigo as Le nouveau maire
Yves Barsacq as Le favori