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L'Abbé Constantin
FRANCE · 1925

L'Abbé Constantin

Julien Duvivier
religious tolerance cross-cultural friendship clergy life class differences American characters in Europe
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Synopsis

Poor abbé Contantin, he is devastated at the news: to think that two American ladies have bought the local manor where he has always been welcome! Worse, Mrs. Scott and her cousin Bettina are protestant. But the good priest soon realizes there is no cause for alarm. The two ladies are charming and open-minded. They insist on Constantin sticking to his old habits and he gladly resumes his visits to

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