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Director
  
Raul Ruiz

Music director
  
Jorge Arriagada

Duration
  

Language
  
French

6.6/10
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Genre
  
Drama

Screenplay
  
Raul Ruiz

Country
  
France

The Suspended Vocation movie poster

Release date
  
1978 (1978)

Writer
  
Pierre Klossowski (novel), Raoul Ruiz

Cast
  
Daniel Gélin
(Malagrida),
François Simon
(La Montagne),
Didier Flamand
(Jérôme n°1),
Pascal Bonitzer
(Jérôme n°2)

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The Suspended Vocation (French: La vocation suspendue) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It is an adaptation of the 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre Klossowski.

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Plot

The film centers on a Dominican Christian Monk named Jerome and his interactions with other higher ups within the church. Ruiz’s intention was to reflect the ideological arguments that plagued left wing politics of the era.

Cast

  • Didier Flamand as Jérôme #1
  • Édith Scob as Angélique
  • Gabriel Gascon as Le père-confesseur
  • Pascal Bonitzer as Jérôme #2
  • Maurice Bénichou as Le membre de la Dévotion #1
  • Pascal Kané as Le membre de la Dévotion #2
  • Alexandre Tamar as Le membre de la Dévotion #3
  • Jean Badin as L'ami
  • Françoise Vercruyssen as La femme
  • Marcel Imhoff as Le père-maitre #2
  • Jean Lescot as Le père-maitre #1
  • Daniel Isoppo as Le frère convers
  • Gérard Berner as Le prieur #2
  • Éric Burnelli as Le frère peintre
  • Isidro Romero as Le prieur #1
  • Jean-Robert Viard as L'évêque (as Jean Robert Viard)

    • References

    The Suspended Vocation Wikipedia
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    The Suspended Vocation IMDb The Suspended Vocation themoviedb.org