''The Suspended Vocation'' () is a 1978 French drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker
Raúl Ruiz. It is a free adaptation of the
perverse theological
Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of an ...
1950 novel of the same name by
Pierre Klossowski
Pierre Klossowski (; ; 9 August 1905 – 12 August 2001) was a French writer, translator and artist. He was the eldest son of the artists Erich Klossowski and Baladine Klossowska, and his younger brother was the painter Balthus.
Life
Born in ...
.
[Goddard, Michael (2013). ''The Cinema of Raúl Ruiz: Impossible Cartographies'', Wallflower Press, pp. 39-45]
Plot
The film centers on a
Dominican friar named Jérôme (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
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
.
Cast
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Didier Flamand
Didier Flamand (born 12 March 1947) is a French actor and theatre director. He has appeared in more than 200 films and television shows since 1973. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 film '' The Suspended Vocation''.
Theater
Filmography
Actor
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as Jérôme # 1
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Pascal Bonitzer
Pascal Bonitzer (; born 1 February 1946) is a French screenwriter, film director, actor, and former film critic for '' Cahiers du cinéma''. He has written for 48 films and has appeared in 30 films since 1967. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 fi ...
as Jérôme # 2
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Daniel Gélin
Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French film and television actor.
Early life
Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin.
When he was ten, ...
as Malagrida
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Édith Scob
Édith Scob (21 October 1937 – 26 June 2019) was a French film and theatre actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in '' Eyes Without a Face'' (1960).
Early life and family
Scob was born Édith Helena Vladimir ...
as Angélique
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Gabriel Gascon as The father-confessor
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Geneviève Mnich
Geneviève Mnich (born 19 February 1942), is a French actress. She has appeared in 80 films since 1972.
She was born in Cuffies, Aisne
Aisne ( , ; ; ) is a French departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of northe ...
as Sister Théophile
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Maurice Bénichou
Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke ('' Code inconnu'', '' Le Temps du Loup'', and '' Caché''), and ...
as Member of the Devotion # 1
* Pascal Kané 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
* Françoise 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
* Gérard Berner as The Prior # 2
* Éric 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
External links
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1978 films
1978 drama films
French drama films
1970s French-language films
Films directed by Raúl Ruiz
French black-and-white films
1970s French films
Films scored by Jorge Arriagada
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