The Unfrocked One

Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque The Defrocked One Cast out by his church former priest Maurice Fresnay delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism Even so young Gerard Pierre Trabaud becomes convinced that Maurice has never truly lost his calling Becoming a priest himself Gerard devotes his life to bringing Maurice back into the fold Things dont turn out quite as Gerard hopes however he has not reckoned with the possibility that Maurice may have been driven into insanity by his raging selfhatred