Journal d’un curé de campagne
February 18th, 2007The wish to pray is a prayer in itself.
Perhaps it takes a true Catholic to really understand the thoughts behind this film, just like those behind Pascal’s Pensées, and of Bergman’s Winter Light. I, on the other hand, as a complete outsider, could only grasp a glimpse of the anxiety, the agony, and the other emotions, reflected, and expressed by these thoughts, on a rather superficial level. Yet the struggles are so universal among human beings, even a fleeting glimpse is enough for one to identify himself with the pains, the loneliness, and the sense of futility.
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