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In the Name Of...

W imie… (In the Name Of)

2013

Malgorzata Szumowska

Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Maja Ostaszewska, Lukasz Simlat ...

5.8

289

Drama. Thriller Adam is a Catholic priest who discovered his calling as a servant of God at the age of 21. He now lives in a village in rural Poland where he works with teenagers with behavioural problems who fight and yell abuse. He declines the advances of a young blonde named Ewa, saying he is already spoken for. However, celibacy is not the only reason for his rejection. Adam knows that he desires men and that his embrace of the priesthood has been ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Alissa Simon Variety	"This angst-ridden drama treats loaded subject matter (...) in a way that feels far past its sell-by date in the West"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Emerging Polish filmmaker Malgoska Szumowska returns to form in an atmospheric, sensitively shot and acted story of a gay priest."	POS
United Kingdom	Mike McCahill The Guardian	"This quiet provocation (...) falls into that conflicted-cleric subgenre encompassing everything from 'The Thorn Birds' to Antonia Bird's 'Priest'. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Farran Smith Nehme New York Post	"The whole movie suffers from a lack of narrative momentum and a surfeit of wordless shots of men exchanging deep, meaningful glances. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEG

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