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As the village abbot never far from the woods, or from Martine’s little dining room table, Jacques Develay manages the trick of utter simplicity in his motives and line readings.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.
—Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Most of it comes from the town abbot who, in frequent scenes set in the nearby woods, always seems to be drifting into view with his basket of precious mushrooms, whenever Jérémie is near.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Among the film’s interviewees are two former nuns at the school and the abbot who supervised several of the priests accused of rape and murder.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.
—Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Most of it comes from the town abbot who, in frequent scenes set in the nearby woods, always seems to be drifting into view with his basket of precious mushrooms, whenever Jérémie is near.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Among the film’s interviewees are two former nuns at the school and the abbot who supervised several of the priests accused of rape and murder.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Abbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abbot. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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abbot
noun
ab·bot
ˈab-ət 
: the head of a monastery for men
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