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The Suspended Vocation
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Wikipedia article
'The Suspended Vocation' is a 1978 French drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Ral Ruiz. It is a free adaptation of the perverse theological 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre Klossowski.Goddard, Michael (2013). 'The Cinema of Ral Ruiz: Impossible Cartographies', Wallflower Press, pp. 39-45
Plot
The film centers on a Dominican monk named Jrme (played by one actor in colour and another actor in black-and-white) and his interactions with various higher-ups within the French Catholic Church.
Cast
* Didier Flamand as Jrme # 1
* Pascal Bonitzer as Jrme # 2
* Daniel Glin as Malagrida
* dith Scob as Anglique
* Gabriel Gascon as The father-confessor
* Genevive Mnich as Sister Thophile
* Maurice Bnichou as Member of the Devotion # 1
* Pascal Kan as The member of Devotion # 2
* Alexandre Tamar as Member of Devotion # 3
* Jean Badin as L'ami
* Huguette Faget as The Seller of Statues
* Jean Rougeul as Euthanasien Persienne
* Franoise Vercruyssen as The Woman
* Jean Lescot as The Father-Master # 1
* Marcel Imhoff as The Father-Master # 2
* Daniel Isoppo as The lay brother
* Isidro Romero as The Prior # 1
* Grard Berner as The Prior # 2
* ric Burnelli as The Painter Brother
* Jean-Robert Viard as Bishop (as Jean Robert Viard)
* Paul-Eric Shulmann as Child (as Paul-Eroc Schulman)
* Sylvie Herbert as Sister Vincent
* Raoul Guillet as The Superior
* Jean Frapat as The black abbot
References
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