In the Name Of (2013)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Oct 30, 2013 Limited
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A moving tale of compassion, sexual longing, childhood trauma, and religious commitment. Father Adam (Polish star Andrzej Chyra), an attractive, energetic priest, seems more comfortable in a T-shirt, kicking a soccer ball around with his young charges than preaching a sermon. Living in a halfway house type situation, away from the temptations that helped get them there in the first place, the residents of this societal limbo-land are put off-balance when a new punk enters the picture and starts
Oct 30, 2013 Limited
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Andrzej Chyra
Priest Adam -
Mateusz Kosciukiewic...
Humpty -
Maja Ostaszewska
Ewa -
Lukasz Simlat
Teacher Michal -
Tomasz Schuchardt
Adrian -
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All Critics (6) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (1)
All of the characters are so vivid that they never seem like actors at all, and as the story begins to touch on some big issues it also becomes urgent and important.
A thoughtful perspective on attitudes to homosexuality in the church and Polish society and Chyra's strong performance make this a poignant drama.
This quiet provocation from the Polish arm of Lars von Trier's Zentropa Entertainments falls into that conflicted-cleric subgenre encompassing everything from The Thorn Birds to Antonia Bird's Priest.
Leaves you with a handful of scenes rather than a robust story.
A provocative and poetic piece of filmmaking from Polish Director Malgorzata Szumowska which follows a priest as he struggles to find peace between his sexual desires and religious vows.
An intriguing mixture of almost mythically stylised imagery and doc-style realism makes this deeply internalised Polish drama both engaging and urgent.
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