From "The Flower of Francis" to "The Fourteen Stations of the Sad Road," there are many literary and artistic movies in Europe and the United States that either question or praise the saints, or show an ambiguous attitude towards them, most of which are deep and cold. In contrast, "The Eucharist of Christ" is too warm from the color to the scene, and it is interspersed with many secular scenes of drinking, dancing, and singing, although the story ultimately also encompasses a tragedy of incompatibility between divinity and humanity. Kernel.
Unlike the new Polish films that have been favored by Oscars over the years and are represented by director Paviu ("Nun Ada", "Cold War"), the Polish towns and villages in "The Eucharist" no longer pursue black and white light and classics. The composition is often sunny. The border town with a sawmill occupies most of the plot, but it is more like an unreal theater stage. A person who does not need education, qualifications, or certificates can be used as the spokesperson of Christ to "perform" the priest's stage. But the reality is that it is a crisis-ridden and bullying juvenile office. The protagonist Daniel who committed the murder has to play the role of an obedient boy who obeys God. However, with a strong desire to survive, the little prayer skills learned in the juvenile school have come in handy on the small town stage. Daniel, the "good actor" on parole, successfully deceived the neighbors, but he also turned the church and the roadside altar into a sacred place that can heal the pain of the villagers like being possessed by the Holy Spirit. Gradually, this miraculous story tells the audience that heart-wrenching secrets and crimes buried deep can be told either by the window frame of the confessional or in the vodka accompanied by heroin. Pour. Of course, all these false and beautiful things are destined not to last long. After the skin that represents the divine nature is removed, can the juvenile Daniel still be a communion?
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