Stations of The Cross

– Maria finds herself caught between two worlds. At school this 14-year-old girl has all the typical t..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 50 Minutes
Release Year:
2014
Original Name:
Kreuzweg
Stations of the Cross (2014) - Also known as Kreuzweg

Maria finds herself caught between two worlds. At school this 14-year-old girl has all the typical teenage interests, but when she’s at home with her family she follows the teachings of the Society of St. Pius XII and their traditionalist interpretation of Catholicism. Everything that Maria thinks and does must be examined before God. And since the Lord is a strict shepherd, she lives in constant fear of committing some misconduct...

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Stations of the Cross (2014) - Trailer

Release Date:

10 Jul 2015

Language:

German, French, Latin

MPAA Content-Rating:
Unrated

Director:

Dietrich Brüggemann

Writer:

Anna Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann, Dietrich Brüggemann

Main Actors:

Lea van Acken, Franziska Weisz, Florian Stetter, Lucie Aron

Plot:

Maria is 14 years old. Her family is part of a fundamentalist Catholic community. Maria lives her everyday life in the modern world, yet her heart belongs to Jesus. She wants to follow him, to become a saint and go to heaven - just like all those holy children she's always been told about. So Maria goes through 14 stations, just like Jesus did on his path to Golgatha, and reaches her goal in the end. Not even Christian, a boy she meets at school, can stop her, even if in another world, they might have become friends, or even more. Left behind is a broken family that finds comfort in faith, and the question if all these events were really so inevitable. STATIONS OF THE CROSS is an indictment and, at the same time, the legend of a saint. It's a story of religion, devotion and radical faith, and the film itself comes along just as radical as the subject matter, telling the story in only 14 fixed-angle long shots, allowing the viewer to contemplate the interactions on screen in an entirely different way than in a traditional film.

Awards:

9 wins & 7 nominations.

Gross profit:

$159

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Film Movement

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
Metacritic:
68%