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The Kiss Under the Bell (1998)

Directed by Emmanuel Gust

Overview

1962. Joseph, 13 years old, a choirboy and a true “light” of religion, set out to become Pope. Not less. Of Spanish origin, Angela and José, her parents, fled their country and misery to settle in a small village around Perpignan. Angela, sensual and beautiful to damn a saint, is an attentive and possessive mother. Joseph, this only son, she feels that she has received him as a gift from heaven. So she puts all her energy and maternal love overflowing to encourage the vocation of her son, unlike José who wishes for him a “normal” life, a life of man, simply.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Gaspard Génard Claus | Ángela Molina | Pierre Forest | Bernard Alane | Estelle Skornik | Jean-Claude Drouot | Charlotte Menville | Jordi Delclos | Marcos Lloveras | Romain Escoy | Florent Faget | Nicole Bousquet | Jacques Faggianelli | Gérard Nogues | Carlos Zalduendo