The Suspended Vocation
The Suspended Vocation is a 1978 French drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It is a free adaptation of the perverse theological 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre Klossowski.Plot
The film centers on a Dominican monk named Jérôme and his interactions with various higher-ups within the French Catholic Church.Cast
- Didier Flamand as Jérôme #1
- Pascal Bonitzer as Jérôme #2
- Daniel Gélin as Malagrida
- Édith Scob as Angélique
- Gabriel Gascon as Le père-confesseur
- Geneviève Mnich as Soeur Théophile
- Maurice Bénichou as Le membre de la Dévotion #1
- Pascal Kané as Le membre de la Dévotion #2
- Alexandre Tamar as Le membre de la Dévotion #3
- Jean Badin as L'ami
- Huguette Faget as La vendeuse de statues
- Jean Rougeul as Euthanasien Persienne
- Françoise Vercruyssen as La femme
- Jean Lescot as Le père-maitre #1
- Marcel Imhoff as Le père-maitre #2
- Daniel Isoppo as Le frère convers
- Isidro Romero as Le prieur #1
- Gérard Berner as Le prieur #2
- Éric Burnelli as Le frère peintre
- Jean-Robert Viard as L'évêque
- Paul-Eric Shulmann as L'enfant
- Sylvie Herbert as Soeur Vincent
- Raoul Guillet as Le supérieur
- Jean Frapat as L'abbé noir
