Screening of the film "A Chalice in the Storm"

"A Chalice in the Storm" is a 40-minute film directed by Alain Monclin and produced by the charity La Dives, a river for freedom.

“Passengers on Royal Air Maroc flight 972 to Marrakesh, please board immediately at gate number 2.” Upon hearing this announcement, Alain Pignel, quickening his pace, did not for a single moment imagine that he was about to embark on a story that would make Hercule Poirot green with envy. The story of a chalice discovered by chance in 2019 in the souk. Starting with the name engraved beneath the base of the chalice, he embarked on an investigation that would take him to Dives-sur-Mer via Pont-l’Évêque, Bayeux and Saint-Pierre-du-Jonquet…

Drawing on archival documents, he uncovers the life of Father Jacques Leclerc (for that was the name engraved beneath the chalice). At the same time, he traces the remarkable journey of this liturgical object, discovered quite by chance. This film combines, in the present day, the account of the priest who acquired the chalice to restore it to liturgical use with that of a resident of Dives-sur-Mer, a key witness to that era.