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A Still Small Voice

2023

Documentary

Documentary An aspiring hospital chaplain begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself.

	Media	Author	Review
		Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"For the 90 minutes we’ve been invited into intimate, searching conversations and profound silences in the offices and inpatient rooms of a New York hospital (...) [It] is about listening for inner truth and bearing witness"
		Dan Mecca The Film Stage	"[It] will sneak up on most viewers (...) Lorentzen does top-notch work, sustaining between his two leads a drama that’s punctuated by a slew of beautifully rendered scenes where each performs their designated tasks admirably"
		Elizabeth Weitzman The Wrap	"It is both universally relevant and as niche as a film can be; only those willing to descend into the depths of grief will seek it out, though it holds wisdom enough to apply to us all"
		Charles Lyons The New York Times	"A probing look at the existential cost of spiritual care (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A powerful documentary about the price chaplains pay to help people die in peace"
		Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"A tender portrait of an underseen group among a hospital's many departments (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Charles Lyons Slant	"The film does a fine job of holding a mirror to the experience of therapeutic practice (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Andrew Parker The Gate	"Lorentzen deserves a lot of praise for never forcing his subjects to open up in the moment. When they feel like talking, they will. He's simply there to observe and empathize"
		Sarah Bea Milner SlashFilm	"There's an almost surreal quality to the emotional introspection and frank vulnerability in 'A Still Small Voice'"

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