A priest stuck in a rural congregation and burdened with his overwrought spirituality, finds purpose in a troubled woman accused of murder.A priest stuck in a rural congregation and burdened with his overwrought spirituality, finds purpose in a troubled woman accused of murder.A priest stuck in a rural congregation and burdened with his overwrought spirituality, finds purpose in a troubled woman accused of murder.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations
- Havret
- (as Pierre d'Hoffelize)
- Mr. et Mme de Wamin
- (as Bernard et Yolande de Gouy)
- Mr. et Mme de Wamin
- (as Bernard et Yolande de Gouy)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the movie was announced as the winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, with the jury declaring that it was an unanimous vote, the audience, who expected Wings of Desire (1987) to win, booed when the director Maurice Pialat was on his way to the stage to receive the award. Pialat's response to this was to raise his fist, replying: "If you don't like me, I don't like you either".
- Quotes
[first lines]
Donissan: With you, everything looks easy. Alone, I'm useless. I'm like the zero, only useful next to other numbers. Priests are so miserable. They waste their lives seeing God being ignored. People make jokes on us. We're like those walls where people write obscenities.
Menou-Segrais: You're tired.
Donissan: Tired? I'm not tired. Tired is a bad thought.
Menou-Segrais: Suspend your visits.
Donissan: Those visits do more harm than good. In the beginning, I didn't know evil. I learned it from the mouths of the sinners.
Menou-Segrais: No one knows better than a priest about the terrible monotony of sin.
Donissan: I can't speak to them. I can't only make absolutions and feel sorry.
Menou-Segrais: If one absolution in thirty was worthy, the world would be brief.
- ConnectionsFeatured in One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
- How long is Under the Sun of Satan?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Die Sonne Satans
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $68,765
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,987
- Jan 22, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $69,688