In The Name Of
– The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is..
The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.
20 Sep 2013
Polish, English
Malgorzata Szumowska
Malgorzata Szumowska (screenplay), Michal Englert (screenplay), Kinga Krzeminska (script associate), Szczepan Twardoch (literary collaborator)
Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Maja Ostaszewska, Lukasz Simlat
Adam, a Catholic priest who discovered his calling as a servant of God at the relatively late age of 21, now lives in a village in rural Poland working with behavioral problem teens who fight and yell abuses. He declines the advances of a young brunette named Ewa, saying he is already spoken for; however, celibacy is not the only reason for his rejection. Adam knows he desires men and that his embrace of the priesthood has been a flight from his own sexuality. When he meets Lukasz, the strange and taciturn son of a simple rural family, Adam's self-imposed abstinence becomes a heavy burden.
4 wins & 6 nominations.
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