Robert Bresson (1901-1999), one of the most original film-makers in the history of cinema, adapted two novels by Georges Bernanos (1888-1948), Journal d'un cure de campagne and Nouvelle Histoire de Mouchette. The Catholic novelist Bernanos and the spiritual filmmaker Bresson, each in his own way, articulate grace and redemption through the suffering and death of their heroes/heroines. As a result, the reader and the spectator come to sense the presence of God in all four works. Bresson's techniques are presented and analyzed, as well as his later move to films without grace and redemption.
| ISBN: | 9780820478265 |
| Publication date: | 26th January 2006 |
| Author: | Beth Kathryn Curran |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 124 pages |
| Series: | Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Genres: |
Films, cinema Language: reference and general Literary studies: general Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Religion: general |