Lying on her deathbed, Barny wishes to confess a pivotal love story she has kept secret for decades. It was during WWII, when she was living in a French village under German occupation. Into this claustrophobic hothouse, a priest arrives to replace a predecessor. Léon Morin is a charming young man, qualities that, with most of the village men away at war, soon has local hearts aflutter. With a husband in a German prison camp, Barny craves intimacy. But as an atheist and a committed communist, instead she challenges Léon’s faith in God and his apparent resignation under Nazi rule. When Léon invites her to discuss her convictions, she is slowly drawn into his orbit. Their battle of wits becomes a subtle pas de deux between two diametrically opposed positions. Is seduction the ultimate aim, or is seduction merely a means to persuade a worthy opponent? The Confession is a film about redemption that questions religion, politics, and ultimately certainty itself.
