A monk for thirty-seven years, Brother Gregory could not resist the temptation. Leaving the monastery for the first time to fulfill his duty as a voter, he catches up with pastis and women.
Acting
Pierre Mondy's deer-in-headlights innocence is pitch-perfect.
Writing
Wickedly sharp dialogue on virtue, vice, and village gossip.
Costume
The habit-to-civilian wardrobe crisis is quietly hilarious.
Director
Jean-Pierre Darras
Pierre Mondy
Brother Grégoire
Jean Lefebvre
Vincent Espérandieu
Annie Cordy
Jofrette
Michel Galabru
Hilaire
Daniel Ceccaldi
Le père abbé
Jean-Pierre Darras
Frisou
Catherine Allégret
Marie-Fraise
Sylvain Rougerie
Ulysse, le vicomte
Corinne Lahaye
Muscade
Rosy Varte
La première musicienne en voiture
Odette Laure
La seconde musicienne en voiture
Marthe Mercadier
L'hôtelière à Lourdes
Paul Préboist
Le curé
Roger Pierre
M. Martin
Bernard Haller
Jésus Christ
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean-Pierre Darras also plays Frisou, essentially cameo-ing in his own moral fable.
The film satirizes France's 1981 election fervor—monk-as-voter becomes accidental everyman in a nation questioning tradition.
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