The Devil Probably

1977 French film by Robert Bresson

The Devil Probably

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Robert Bresson
Written by| Robert Bresson
Produced by| Stéphane Tchalgadjieff
Starring|

* Antoine Monnier
* Tina Irissari
* Henri de Maublanc
* Laetitia Carcano
* Nicolas Deguy
* Régis Hanrion

Cinematography| Pasqualino De Santis
Music by| Philippe Sarde

Release date

* 15 June 1977 (1977-06-15)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

The Devil Probably (French: Le Diable probablement), also spelled The Devil, Probably is a 1977 French drama film directed by Robert Bresson. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.[1]

German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder was on that particular jury, and championed Bresson's film:

> Robert Bresson's Le Diable probablement  ... is the most shattering film I've seen this Berlin Festival. I think it's a major film [...]. [I]n the future—and this world will probably last for another few thousand years—this film will be more important than all the rubbish which is now considered important but which never really goes deep enough[.] The questions Bresson asks will never be unimportant."[2]

Fassbinder would go on to refer to the film in his own 1979 film Die Dritte Generation,[3] where a character remarks that it is "a sad movie", but "so long as the movies are sad, our lives can stay funny".

The critic J. Hoberman described the film with one sentence: "A Dostoyevskian story of a tormented soul, presented in the stylized manner of a medieval illumination."[4] Richard Hell described the film as "by far the most punk movie ever."[5]

The Devil Probably was Bresson's penultimate work, preceding his 1983 film L'Argent.

Upon release, the film was banned in France for those aged under eighteen because of its suicidal themes.[6][7]

## Cast

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* Antoine Monnier \- Charles
* Tina Irissari \- Alberte
* Henri de Maublanc \- Michel
* Laetitia Carcano \- Edwige
* Nicolas Deguy \- Valentin
* Régis Hanrion \- Dr. Mime, psychoanalyst
* Geoffroy Gaussen \- Libraire
* Roger Honorat \- Commissaire

## See also

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* List of French films of 1977

## References

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1. ^ "Berlinale 1977: Prize Winners". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
2. ^ Rayns, T.; Wilson, David (1980). "Fassbinder" (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 97. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
3. ^ "Kino: Rainer Werner Fassbinders "Die dritte Generation"". Die Zeit. No. 38\. 14 September 1979. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
4. ^ Hoberman, J. "A Masterpiece, Most Likely: Hoberman on Robert Bresson's "The Devil, Probably" | Artinfo". Artinfo. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
5. ^ "BAMcinematek presents a week-long run of Bresson's The Devil, Probably in a new 35mm print". richardhell.com. March 30, 2012. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
6. ^ "The Devil, Probably". The Criterion Channel. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
7. ^ "The Devil, Probably". Cornell Cinema. Retrieved 2023-12-23.

## External links

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* The Devil Probably at IMDb
* The Devil Probably at Rotten Tomatoes

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Robert Bresson

Films directed|

* Les affaires publiques (short, 1934)
* Angels of Sin (1943)
* Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
* Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
* A Man Escaped (1956)
* Pickpocket (1959)
* The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
* Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
* Mouchette (1967)
* A Gentle Woman (1969)
* Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
* Lancelot du Lac (1974)
* The Devil Probably (1977)
* L'Argent (1983)

Miscellaneous|

* Bibliography
* Notes on the Cinematographer

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Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize

1965–2000|

* Le Bonheur / Repulsion (1965)
* The Chasers / No Shooting Time for Foxes (1966)
* La Collectionneuse / Next Year, Same Time (1967)
* Innocence Unprotected / Signs of Life / Something Like Love (1968)
* The Decameron (1971)
* The Hospital (1972)
* There's No Smoke Without Fire (1973)
* The Clockmaker (1974)
* The Common Man / Overlord (1975)
* Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
* The Devil Probably (1977)
* A Queda (1978)
* Alexandria... Why? (1979)
* Seeking Asylum (1980)
* Akaler Shandhaney (1981)
* Shivers (1982)
* A Season in Hakkari (1983)
* Funny Dirty Little War (1984)
* Flowers of Reverie (1985)
* The Mass Is Ended (1986)
* The Sea and Poison (1987)
* Commissar (1988)
* Evening Bell (1989)
* The Asthenic Syndrome (1990)
* The Conviction / Satan (1991)
* Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe (1992)
* Arizona Dream (1993)
* Strawberry and Chocolate (1994)
* Smoke (1995)
* All Things Fair (1996)
* The River (1997)
* Wag the Dog (1998)
* Mifune (1999)
* The Road Home (2000)

2001–present|

* Beijing Bicycle (2001)
* Grill Point (2002)
* Adaptation (2003)
* Lost Embrace (2004)
* Peacock (2005)
* Offside / A Soap (2006)
* The Other (2007)
* Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
* Everyone Else / Gigante (2009)
* If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)
* The Turin Horse (2011)
* Just the Wind (2012)
* An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013)
* The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
* The Club (2015)
* Death in Sarajevo (2016)
* Félicité (2017)
* Mug (2018)
* By the Grace of God (2019)
* Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
* Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
* The Novelist's Film (2022)
* Afire (2023)
* A Traveler's Needs (2024)

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