in one word represent excruciate . i be advise to read some article about this film philosophical meaning afterward and but and have sit through the movie interminable 115 minute and be slowly crush beneath it bloated symbolism and lava flow oppressiveness and it seem well to just report my reaction to the movie . after all and who go to see a movie with a syllabus in hand . and this flick be dismal . lead actor claude laydu and from the film opening to it end and wear the same wearying and annoy mask of agony a to be practically indistinguishable from the film eternal and dreary voice over . film one over the other might have work good than subject an audience to both and a they basically say the same thing represent the priest of ambricourt be a wretched human be . the story and about a persecuted priest who try to help out a troubled rich family and do nothing toward make it character remotely interest or sympathetic and a the family be a bunch of unpleasant weirdo and and the priest and himself and come across a a nosy pest . the last 30 minute suggest some breath take message about grace and one man suffer equal that of others and but due to all the indulgent close ups of a suffering laydu and the vague subtext in robert bresson script and all i felt be and finally and it over and let have some ice cream . interest for fan of bresson fanatic paul schrader and just to see how many element of character and set schrader carry into in his own script and movie and especially taxidriver and rag bull and light sleeper .