W imi?… (In the Name of…)
Poland 2012, Ma?go?ka Szumowska, 102′
Father Adam, a catholic priest in rural Poland, is both a successful youth social worker and a pained homosexual. He has been able to somehow suppress his feelings but after being moved to his newest village church where he establishes a center for delinquent male youths and meets the eerily quiet son of a farmers’ family things get tough.
TL;DR closet suffering slice-of-life
Adam’s story is depicted with lots of blatant symbolism, referring to the passion of Christ and many obvious devices as hand-held cameras in scenes of turmoil or sweeping shots for moments of clarity and transcendence. It sounds like something which should fail easily, however it becomes obvious that it is done deliberately and somehow it works, especially for creating the few moments of comic relief which make Adam’s life seem bearable. The story is full of both little moments of happiness and personal tragedy, both serious and comic. For the former there is a quite wonderful scene where after Adam teaches Lukasz to swim they get themselves lost in a huge corn field, running around and screaming like monkeys, only hearing each other. One of the best tragic scenes is when Adam drinks himself unconscious and dances with the Pope. Szumowska shows a very sympathetic but also human picture of Adam and his troubles, on one hand he does go after those adolescent boys straight out of puberty, on the other he is cautious and loving and never forces any of them, it’s just that as a priest his love can not be. It is a surprisingly good picture of a man in constant turmoil.
Haha I love how predictable your film choices are (kind of). You like to watch documentaries about strange topics, and movies from certain countries (Korea, Japan, Poland).
This sounds like something I could enjoy. :3
Yes yes, I am predictable I admit. :3
Shii is predictable too though, as we can see!
Shii is so beautifully catholic… Maybe he wants to be pope too! :D