Extended Reading
  • Johnathan 2022-01-19 08:01:46

    Want to believe? Still want to be self?

    As a priest, Gary loves his identity. The priesthood and the aura of holiness are particularly important to him. The believers think so. At first, he was very dissatisfied with Father Matthew and the nun’s affectionate behavior. , But he is also contradictory because he is gay, which violated the...

  • Leola 2022-01-19 08:01:46

    "Part soap opera and part propaganda"

    This is an inspiring work. After reading it, I feel a lot of clues, and I don't feel unpleasant.

    The first point is about religious practice. This film is full of criticism of Catholicism, especially the pedantic and corrupt of the Holy See. It is obviously a product of the Christian central view....

  • Eloy 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    Consciousness and belief are the results of brainwashing, constantly suppressing one's own nature, in order to cater to beliefs, restrain one's behavior with morality, and tell oneself what is right and wrong, even if everything is not what you want. The two identities of gay priests are indeed in great contrast. The movie gave a very human result, but it is still a tragedy. People always feel that people should conform to their own hearts and desires instead of being suppressed by social ideology. ★★★★

  • Daron 2022-04-20 09:02:22

    4.5, a very cruel reality film about religion + human nature, very sad and slowly healing you, unassuming and full of black humor. This may be what attracts you to British films! Young Linus Roache's melancholy blue eyes capture your full attention, your heart is ups and downs with his emotions, the last scene brought me to tears..... the love lines of gay people are written in a rough way, see It's not that the two of them have that kind of deep relationship... Maybe it's not realistic for a movie to take care of all aspects...

Priest quotes

  • Father Greg Pilkington: When we were in seminary, it was a sort of standard question: a man tells you in confession that he's poisoned the altar wine. Do you still go out and say Mass? Now, I had no problem with that: I'd go out and say Mass, drink the wine. There's a bit of the martyr in all of us.

  • Father Greg Pilkington: And how would you feel if someone robbed your car?

    Boy Car Thief: I haven't got one.

    Father Greg Pilkington: Well, suppose you did.

    Boy Car Thief: I'd get a weed-on.

    Father Greg Pilkington: Exactly. I'd get a... weed-on too.

    Boy Car Thief: You haven't got a car.

    Father Greg Pilkington: Well, what about Father Matthew?

    Boy Car Thief: No one would wanna rob his car, would they?

    Father Greg Pilkington: Because he's a priest?

    Boy Car Thief: Because it's crap!