The road to redemption

Allan 2022-03-22 09:02:43

Self-critically watched this movie as a Catholic. Poland is a traditionally Catholic country, and has not lost faith even under the iron curtain of the Soviet Union, but only from some movies in recent years, the reality is not optimistic, religion is ossifying and degrading, the clergy is lacking and losing confidence, and young people are suffering. The erosion of free thought and so on. When the male protagonist enters and leaves the juvenile detention center, he is just a gangster. Occasionally, he is mixed with a fake priest. This is also the performance of the movie (in fact, the Catholic Church is very strict, unless there is a war, this will not happen, because there is a parish management system and no identity. It is impossible for a certified foreign priest to perform the sacrament in the church), cramming, and barely able to preside over the mass ceremony through mobile phone searches. This shows that the technical work of a priest is not difficult after learning, but the most important job of a priest is pastoral care. In the face of the hypocritical and rigid old church members in the parish, it is no wonder that the old priest was alcoholic and wanted to escape. The arrival of the false priest really injected a new breath, such as looking at people without prejudice and communicating with young people, but he still couldn’t help it. Temptation (it's a big sin for a young woman to seduce a priest, maybe she felt that the boy was not a priest), and had sex with a girl, all the characters here failed to do their part. The film also uses false priests to investigate a car accident that killed seven people and the opening of the mayor's new factory. These events focus on the beliefs of various people in the town. Through several sermons in rallies, people are inspired to repent of their sins. and redemption. Of course, paper can't keep the fire. In the end, the fake priest chose to take off the priest's robe in public, ended this self-redemption, returned to the juvenile detention center, and broke away from the divine guidance, so he was confused again. The film is full of sadness and disappointment. There is a little consolation that the old priest has returned, and the church members have accepted the widow, but the road to redemption is still very long.

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  • Perry 2022-04-23 07:04:02

    Vigorous, deep, dialectical! A very good quality film for Cannes. The bold analogy between "sinner" and "saint", "prison" and "Holy See" makes people question and think about God and faith. Is the saint a hypocritical person with a kind face and a good heart but avoids his own crimes, or is he a little boy with bad deeds but struggling to respect life? It is easy for a small town to form a collective unconscious, and then use quantity as the momentum to occupy the moral commanding heights. Not only does it stab the underprivileged, but it also deprives him of the right to speak. In the end, the truth has become a taboo, even if it has long been revealed.

  • Darrion 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    4.5 As a religious film, it turned religion into a supporting role. God's final exit and the hero's survival in the bloody fight told the audience the meaning of the struggle. Religion is just a tool. I live stubbornly in my own little world. In the end, the departure of the young girl is also an escape from the struggle. If this society cannot make people better, and cannot allow kindness to exist, it is easy to join forces, and resistance is a brave choice. We all need to be honest with ourselves. Women finally tell the truth and let go of fear, hatred, jealousy and madness, but fear, hatred, jealousy and madness in the world are Will not disappear, the hero saves the villagers, but cannot change the juvenile detention center, so the fire of Sodom at the end covers up these ugliness, the director cleverly extends a dramatic story posing as a priest to a wider reality, love and How would you like to be placed on this land? How to put it on a person? How to put it on a group of people?

Corpus Christi quotes

  • Daniel: Silence can also be a prayer.

  • Daniel: Doesn't matter where you're coming from. All that matters is where you're going.