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Paholaisen auringon alla

Original title: Sous le soleil de Satan
  • 19871987
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
3.5K
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POPULARITY
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Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
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A priest stuck in a rural congregation and burdened with his overwrought spirituality, finds purpose in a troubled woman accused of murder.A priest stuck in a rural congregation and burdened with his overwrought spirituality, finds purpose in a troubled woman accused of murder.A priest stuck in a rural congregation and burdened with his overwrought spirituality, finds purpose in a troubled woman accused of murder.

IMDb RATING
6.7/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
28,452
243
  • Director
    • Maurice Pialat
  • Writers
    • Georges Bernanos(novel)
    • Sylvie Pialat(scenario)
    • Maurice Pialat(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Sandrine Bonnaire
    • Maurice Pialat
Top credits
  • Director
    • Maurice Pialat
  • Writers
    • Georges Bernanos(novel)
    • Sylvie Pialat(scenario)
    • Maurice Pialat(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Sandrine Bonnaire
    • Maurice Pialat
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations

    Videos1

    Trailer [English SUB]
    Trailer 1:34
    Trailer [English SUB]

    Photos16

    Gérard Depardieu in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Gérard Depardieu and Sandrine Bonnaire in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Sandrine Bonnaire in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Gérard Depardieu in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Sandrine Bonnaire in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Maurice Pialat in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Sandrine Bonnaire in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Gérard Depardieu in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Gérard Depardieu and Sandrine Bonnaire in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)
    Sandrine Bonnaire in Paholaisen auringon alla (1987)

    Top cast

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    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Donissan
    Sandrine Bonnaire
    Sandrine Bonnaire
    • Mouchette
    Maurice Pialat
    Maurice Pialat
    • Menou-Segrais
    Alain Artur
    • Cadignan
    Yann Dedet
    • Gallet
    Brigitte Legendre
    • La mère de Mouchette
    Jean-Claude Bourlat
    • Malorthy
    Jean-Christophe Bouvet
    Jean-Christophe Bouvet
    • Le maquignon
    Philippe Pallut
    • Le carrier
    Marcel Anselin
    • Mgr Gerbier
    Yvette Lavogez
    • Marthe
    Pierre D'Hoffelize
    • Havret
    • (as Pierre d'Hoffelize)
    Corinne Bourdon
    • La mère de l'enfant
    Thierry Der'ven
    • Sabroux
    Marie-Antoinette Lorge
    • Estelle
    Bernard De Gouy
    • Mr. et Mme de Wamin
    • (as Bernard et Yolande de Gouy)
    Yolene De Gouy
    • Mr. et Mme de Wamin
    • (as Bernard et Yolande de Gouy)
    Claudine Gauthier
    • Une fidèle
    • Director
      • Maurice Pialat
    • Writers
      • Georges Bernanos(novel)
      • Sylvie Pialat(scenario)
      • Maurice Pialat(adaptation)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      When the movie was announced as the winner of the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (with the jury declaring that it was an unanimous vote), the audience whistled when the director Maurice Pialat was on his way to the stage to receive the award. Pialat's response to this was to raise his fist, replying: "If you don't like me, I don't like you either".
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Donissan: With you, everything looks easy. Alone, I'm useless. I'm like the zero, only useful next to other numbers. Priests are so miserable. They waste their lives seeing God being ignored. People make jokes on us. We're like those walls where people write obscenities.

      Menou-Segrais: You're tired.

      Donissan: Tired? I'm not tired. Tired is a bad thought.

      Menou-Segrais: Suspend your visits.

      Donissan: Those visits do more harm than good. In the beginning, I didn't know evil. I learned it from the mouths of the sinners.

      Menou-Segrais: No one knows better than a priest about the terrible monotony of sin.

      Donissan: I can't speak to them. I can't only make absolutions and feel sorry.

      Menou-Segrais: If one absolution in thirty was worthy, the world would be brief.

    • Connections
      Featured in Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Intermezzo de la Symphonie No. 1
      Music by Henri Dutilleux

      Conducted by Serge Baudo

    User reviews16

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    10/10
    A movie I own and love
    Wonderful! Fascinating! Bernanos captured with an obvious anti-clerical twist from Pialat. A cult-movie for art-movies amateurs... If you have seen other Pialat's films, you understand the progression of his art. Very honest film that shakes your bones to the core. Sandrine Bonnaire is just perfect and Depardieu's calm and open acting works very well with the character. A dark movie at its best! This is a well-deserved Golden Palm from the 1987 Cannes Festival, handed by Yves Montand, as president of the Jury. What a scandal it was -- giving the palm to an outcast like Pialat. History will remember that Cannes, on its 50th anniversary, tried and succeeded on promoting true art in films.
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    • martialus
    • Jan 29, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 2, 1987 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Under the Sun of Satan
    • Filming locations
      • Montreuil-sur-mer, Pas-de-Calais, France
    • Production companies
      • Erato Films
      • Films A2
      • Flach Film
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $68,765
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,987
      • Jan 22, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $68,765
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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