THE CONFESSION

| 2016 – 116′ – Drama, Romance, Films & Literature.
Written by: Nicolas Boukhrief.
Based on the Book by: Béatrix Beck.
Directed by: Nicolas Boukhrief.
Starring: Romain Duris, Marine Vacth , Anne Le Ny, Solène Rigot, Amandine Dewasmes, Lucie Debay, Charlie Lefebvre .
Official Competition COLCOA 2017 (North American Premiere).
In French with English subtitles.
A France Channel release. |

Romain Duris and Marine Vacth (Young and Beautiful, COLCOA 2014) face off in this sober period drama with a new take on the Beatrix Beck novel Léon Morin, Pretre. Lying on her deathbed, Barny wishes to confess a pivotal love story she has kept secret for decades. It was during WWII, when she was living in a French village under German occupation. Into this claustrophobic hothouse, a priest arrives to replace a predecessor. Léon Morin is a charming young man, qualities that, with most of the village men away at war, soon has local hearts aflutter. With a husband in a German prison camp, Barny craves intimacy. But as an atheist and a committed communist, instead she challenges Léon’s faith in God and his apparent resignation under Nazi rule. When Léon invites her to discuss her convictions, she is slowly drawn into his orbit. Their battle of wits becomes a subtle pas de deux between two diametrically opposed positions. Is seduction the ultimate aim, or is seduction merely a means to persuade a worthy opponent?  The Confession is a film about redemption that questions religion, politics, and ultimately certainty itself.

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