Venice Film Festival organizers refused to screen the movie because it could have offended the Roman Catholics. They changed their decision and showed the movie with no complaints from Catholics. It then took home an award.
Award : Grand Prix de l'Office Catholique du Cinéma 1950.
Original literary work: "Un recteur de l'île de Sein", novel by Henri Queffélec, Editions Stock, Paris, 1944.
French visa # 10445.
Finnish censorship visa # 039421.