title: Solemn Communion
text: # Solemn Communion
  
  Solemn Communion (French: La Communion solennelle) is a 1977 French comedy-drama film directed by René Féret. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Christian Drillaud as Young Charles Gravet
  * Claude Bouchery as Jules Ternolain
  * Isabelle Caillard as Young Josette Dauchy
  * Patrick Fierry as Young François Dauchy
  * Véronique Silver as Josette Dauchy at 40
  * Marcel Dalio as Old Charles Gravet
  * Myriam Boyer as Léone Gravet
  * Manuel Strosser as Julien III Gravet
  * André Marcon as Lucien Gravet
  * Marief Guittier as Julie Ternolain at 25
  * Claude-Emile Rosen as Honore Dauchy
  * René Féret as Julien I Gravet at 30
  * Andrée Tainsy as Charlotte
  * Roland Amstutz as Raoul L'Homme, le fils naturel de François
  * Monique Mélinand as Julie Ternolain at 45
  * Vincent Pinel as Leon Gravet
  * Ariane Ascaride as Palmyre
  * Yveline Ailhaud as Marie
  * Eric Lebel as Julien I Gravet as child
  * Nathalie Baye as Jeanne Vanderberghe
  * Gérard Chaillou as Marcel Dauchy
  * Yves Reynaud as Gaston Gravet
  * Fabienne Arel as Mathilde Ternolain
  * Philippe Léotard as Jacques Gravet
  * Jany Gastaldi as Lise Paulet-Dauchy at 20
  * Monique Chaumette as Lise Paulet-Dauchy at 40
  * Guillaume Lebel as Julien II Gravet
  * Paul Descombes as Julien I Gravet at 50
  * Olivier Caillard as Armand Gravet
  * Pierre Forget as François Dauchy at 50
  * Serge Reggiani as Récitant chanteur (voice)
  * Alain Chevalier
  * Philippe Nahon as a unionist
  