Magnificat

Jun 21, 2023

1h 38m

★ 6.0

Overview

When an elderly priest died, the people in charge of his diocese discovered that it was a woman. Without anyone suspecting it, she had been practicing her vocation for years. Dismayed, the bishop decided to launch an investigation and asked the chancellor of the diocese to find out how, why and with what complicity such a deception was possible.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Move Movie

Terence Films

Magnificat Trailers

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Cast

Charlotte

Karin Viard

Monseigneur Mével

François Berléand

Thomas

Maxime Bergeron

L'auxiliaire

Patrick Catalifo

Jérémy

Nicolas Cazalé

Anne

Anaïde Rozam

Dr. Grammel

Patrick d'Assumçao

Père Lataste

Benoît Allemane

Mathilde

Stéphanie Michelini

Gloria

Negrita

Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank won't bless their union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage prep course consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy.

6.6

The Little Bather

Mar 22, 1968

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...

7.5

Diary of a Country Priest

Feb 7, 1951

An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.

5.5

The Lady and the Tramp

Dec 30, 1968

Rena’s father insists on marrying her off to the son of a shipowner. Rena, however, doesn’t even want to hear about it, so she runs away and disguises herself as a boy named Pipis. As such, she meets a poor fisherman, Lefteris, and helps him on his way to Ioannina.

6.8

The Devil's Envoys

Dec 5, 1942

At the end of the 15th century, a man and a woman, posing as traveling minstrels, are sent by the Devil to a castle to seduce its inhabitants.

5.0

There Be Dragons

Mar 25, 2011

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a journey through the dark, terrible secrets of his family’s past.

4.9

The Nurse on a Military Tour

Sep 2, 1977

Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. So her commanding officer sends her off to a boot camp led by Renzo Montagnani, where only the most unruly soldiers end up.

6.5

Joan of Paris

Jan 20, 1942

An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be hidden and his wounds cared for. The Gestapo has already issued orders for their arrest.

6.9

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Oct 16, 1970

Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.

6.5

San Francisco

Jun 26, 1936

A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.

5.9

Uranya

Dec 7, 2006

A group of young boys must decide whether to buy a TV set to watch the launch of Apollo 11 or visit Uranya to learn about the secrets of love.

0.0

Fidelitas

Nov 3, 2024

No overview available.

5.9

The Priest

May 1, 1978

Obsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?

3.0

Twenty Dollars to Pyeongyang

Oct 23, 2016

Young Jung quit midway through while becoming a Catholic priest. He now makes a living by driving cars for people who drank alcohol. One day, he meets a customer who asks to go to Pyongyang, North Korea. On that night, Young Jung meets Catholic priest Joon Young and they have a drink together. Then, a mysterious woman named So Won joins them. Young Jung becomes interested in So Won.

6.7

The Little Devil

Jul 1, 1988

Father Maurice, a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day to "exorcise" the devil from someone. The devil turns out to be in the form of a fun-loving man called Giuditta. What Father Maurice doesn't know is that this type of devil will turn his life around.

0.0

The Young Count

Dec 9, 1935

A young woman poses as a boy to ingratiate herself better with her strict aristocratic grandfather and to get him to better accept the new freer ways of the younger generation.