--- title: 'Under the Sun of Satan (1987)' type: 'film' director: 'Maurice Pialat' released: '1987-01-01' runtime_minutes: 93 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/under-the-sun-of-satan-1987' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094011/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Under the Sun of Satan (1987) 1987 · 93 min · Drama · France Original title: Sous le soleil de Satan ## Synopsis Under the Sun of Satan is a 1987 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire and Pialat himself. It is based on the 1926 novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos. Set in the countryside of northern France in the 1920s, it tells the story of a tormented young priest who has spiritual gifts but agonises over what good he can do in a world under the grip of evil. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. ## Credits - **Director:** [Maurice Pialat](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-pialat) - **Screenplay:** [Maurice Pialat](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-pialat), [Sylvie Pialat](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvie-pialat) - **Editor:** [Yann Dedet](https://cinepixo.com/people/yann-dedet) - **Original Music Composer:** [Henri Dutilleux](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-dutilleux) - **Producer:** [Daniel Toscan du Plantier](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-toscan-du-plantier) - **Director of Photography:** [Willy Kurant](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-kurant) ## Cast - [Claude Berri](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-berri) - [Maurice Pialat](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-pialat) - [Frédéric Auburtin](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-auburtin) - [Gérard Depardieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-depardieu) - [Jean-Christophe Bouvet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-christophe-bouvet) - [Sylvie Pialat](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvie-pialat) - [Yann Dedet](https://cinepixo.com/people/yann-dedet) - [Sandrine Bonnaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandrine-bonnaire) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/under-the-sun-of-satan-1987 Film facts: Wikidata (Q389971); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.