Leon Morin, Pretre DVD Criticism & Essays 'Gelsomina' is sold into servitude

'Gelsomina' is sold into servitude and becomes a clown assistant to fairground strongman 'Zampano'

James Stewart and Kim Novak star in an atmospherically rich tale of obsessive love

Two years later

- Investigation of a Citizen Named Volontè (2008)

Leon Morin, Pretre DVD Criticism & Essays 'Gelsomina' is sold into servitude'Lon Morin, Prtre' Director: Jean Pierre Melville (1961) French w English subtitles Set in occupied France a Marxist young widow (Emmanuelle Riva) visits the town's priest (Jean Paul Belmondo) in confession and tries to provoke a reaction from him. This begins a series of discussions covering faith and politics. Her soul in torment she feels herself drawn by the consolations offered by religion or is it the priest himself who represents the prospect