Monsignor Renard

Film Description

John Thaw plays the Nazi-defying French priest Monsignor Augustine Renard in this TV mini-series which begins in 1940, when Monsignor Renard arrives back in his hometown of Saint-Josse des Bois after leaving 20 years earlier to join the Catholic church. The village is filled with reminders of his former life, including Madeleine, his one time fiancée who has never forgiven him for choosing the church over her. The village is also filled with Nazis, preparing to invade England using Saint-Josse as an embarkation point. Against this background, Renard ministers to his flock while being drawn ever deeper into the emerging resistance movement.

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• Television / Drama
• Television / British