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The Devil, Probably is a french film of genre Drama directed by Robert Bresson released in USA on 1 january 1977 with Laetitia Carcano
The Devil, Probably (1977)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1977
Length 1h33
Directed by Robert Bresson
OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Rating70%
The Devil Probably (French: Le diable probablement) is a 1977 French drama film by director Robert Bresson. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.
German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder was on that particular jury, and championed Bresson's film:
"Robert Bresson's Le Diable probablement . . . is the most shattering film I've seen this Berlin Festival. I think it's a major film [...]. [I]n the future---and this world will probably last for another few thousand years---this film will be more important than all the rubbish which is now considered important but which never really goes deep enough[.] The questions Bresson asks will never be unimportant."
The critic J. Hoberman aptly describes the movie with one sentence: "A Dostoyevskian story of a tormented soul, presented in the stylized manner of a medieval illumination.
Synopsis
Charles, Michel et quelques-uns de leurs amis forment un petit groupe écologiste, qui se préoccupe de la famine, de la pollution et de l'avenir du monde. Michel est un militant qui cherche à lutter avec ses modestes moyens, tandis que Charles refuse l'engagement, dégoûté par le monde qui l'entoure.Actors
Laetitia Carcano
(Edwige)
Marie Rivère
((uncredited))
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