God Needs Men

God Needs Men

1950 · 100 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the 19th-century Brittany, follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.

Directed by Jean Delannoy · Written by Jean Aurenche

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