Diary of a Country Priest

Robert Bresson's aesthetic is famously stark and austere, with a stripped-down approach to narrative and performance. In Diary of a Country Priest, his third feature, Bresson examines the daily life of a tormented young priest (Claude Laydu), the head of a country parish, who suffers both from a stomach ailment and from the doubt and insecurity that plague his ministry. Laydu's performance, like