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Monsignor is a 1982 American drama film directed by Frank Perry about a Roman Catholic priest's rise through the ranks of the Vatican, during and after World War II. Along the way, he involves the Vatican in the black marketeering operations of a Mafia don, and has an affair with a woman in the postulant stage of becoming a nun. He eventually ...
Oct 22, 1982 · Christopher Reeve stars as a young and ambitious priest who becomes a black marketeer and falls in love with a nun during and after World War II. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this controversial film.
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- 1982-10-22
Monsignor is a 1982 film that depicts the Vatican as a corrupt and dishonest institution, with a priest (Christopher Reeve) who engages in illegal activities and has an affair with a nun. Roger Ebert criticizes the film for its lack of purpose, direction and coherence, and compares it to Luis Bu–uel's anticlerical broadsides.
Opening in the year 1943, inside an American Catholic church, John Flaherty (Christopher Reeve) is ordained as a priest and is included among a group of young men who will soon depart to serve as Army chaplains in Europe during World War II.
Overview. The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun. Frank Perry. Jack-Alain Léger.
Ambitious priest John Flaherty (Christopher Reeve) is thrilled to have received a post at the Vatican, but arrives to find the church in financial disarray. Undaunted, he partners with the local ...
- Drama
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The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
