L'Abbé Pierre
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Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion (French: L'Abbé Pierre – Une vie de combats) is a 2023 French biographical drama film based on the life of Abbé Pierre, a Catholic priest and national hero in France who devoted his life to helping the poor, homeless people and refugees.
Nov 8, 2023 · Abbé Pierre: A Century of Devotion: Directed by Frédéric Tellier. With Benjamin Lavernhe, Emmanuelle Bercot, Michel Vuillermoz, Antoine Laurent. The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Frédéric Tellier
- 2023-11-08
Losing a friend on the battlefield, facing the horrors of war but the beauty and strength of brotherhood, Henri Groues emerges as a new man: Abbé Pierre. From the end of WWII to his death in...
- Frédéric Tellier
- Biography, Drama, History
- Benjamin Lavernhe
Featuring a revelatory performance from Benjamin Lavernhe, Frédéric Tellier’s sweeping and deeply-affecting new historical epic charts the extraordinary life of the titular priest and humanitarian (1912-2007).
As “Abbé Pierre”, Henri is exposed to the devastation of war, but also bears witness to the compassion and strength of brotherhood and the liberation of Paris; he emerges from the maelstrom a changed man and becomes dedicated to the lives of others.
May 27, 2023 · Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion offers the general public an instructive, wide-ranging summary that inevitably overshadows the supporting roles and works (like the abbé) on the incessant repetition of the same message that still resonates today: "reject this world where the greatest number suffer, mobilise against injustice ...
Oct 28, 2021 · synopsis. Born and raised a catholic, Henri Groues is determined to become a priest. WWII begins and decides otherwise : he joins the Resistance. Losing a friend on the battlefield, facing the horrors of war but the beauty and strengh of brotherwood Henri Groues emerges as a new man : L’Abbé Pierre.
