[Proverbs 12:22] A lying mouth is an abomination to the LORD, but a man who walks the truth is his delight. I wonder if it would be disrespectful to judge this year's Oscar nominee for Best International Picture with that title? Looking through the comments of many movie fans and friends, it seems that many people regard it as a very good movie about religious themes. If it weren't for the phenomenal performance of "Parasite" this year, "Holy Body of Christ" should have won more film circles. recognition and awards. As a masterpiece launched by the Polish film industry that almost regards Catholicism as the state religion, it was nominated for the American Academy Awards with a strong religious atmosphere. The theme of the film is about Christ, faith, redemption, etc. I don’t understand this mediocrity How can a non-pure religious plot impress European and American film critics? It is said that in the interview of the director, the car accident mentioned in the film is an insinuation of the crash of the Polish presidential plane in 2010. The small town depicted in the film is partly equivalent to the division of Polish real society. It is difficult to understand and digest the director's intentions without the life experience of such a film that is linked to real themes. It is unfair and stupid to comment on the meaning expressed in the context of the film because of your own ignorance. So I, as an ordinary movie fan, only express my personal opinions on the subject of faith. The Eucharist in the Catholic Mass of the religious gathering of the juvenile detention center is to commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and to commemorate the dedication and sacrifice of Jesus Christ for mankind. Daniel, the protagonist in the movie, is a teenager who is addicted to drugs, alcohol, stealing, and manslaughter. In the bullying incident at the beginning of the movie, although there is discomfort and forbearance on Daniel's facial expressions, he is the perpetrator in the bullying incident after all. one side. In the religious gatherings of the juvenile detention center, there are laughter and do not care about the prisoners, and Daniel seems to be pious singing "Psalm 23". This kind of character building is not enough to show a character who still has good intentions because of his youth and ignorance and mistakes. What's more, when he was released on parole, he still did not forget to steal the priest's clothes. The first three things he did after leaving the juvenile control system were drug addiction, alcoholism, and fornication. This kind of shaping is actually very dangerous, and the psychological preparation of most audiences for watching movies is a process of promoting good and suppressing evil. From the word Christ and the priest's clothes in the movie poster and movie title, what great thing will the protagonist Daniel do to be comparable to "Christ"? Indulge in sin [Psalm 5:6] You who tell lies will destroy you; [James 5: 12] When you speak, say yes, if not, say no, lest you fall under judgment. The above two paragraphs are the teachings in the Bible, and from the beginning to the end of Daniel's entry into the town, he has been living in his own lies. And lies are the lingering guilt of almost everyone in the town. The old priest in the town said that there are not many believers here, and even many people, like the Pharisees and scribes in the New Testament, turned their faith into a show off in front of others. The old priest was alcoholic and even fell off the bed without realizing it. But he lied to Daniel. The girl knew that her younger brother was taking drugs and drinking before driving, but she was reluctant to tell the truth to everyone, and let the people in the town wantonly insult the driver's widow. The girl's mother is full of hatred and refuses to face the curse letter she wrote, but she never misses her church service. It is impossible for the town mayor and the police not to know the truth of the car accident, they are now hiding it. The priest at the juvenile detention center knew that Daniel was only a parole, but he still helped him hide it. The driver's wife yelled at her husband three hours before the tragedy, refusing to open the door, a symbol of warmth. The woman who came to confession still had lies to accompany her when she treated her smoking son and her priest. Everyone is guilty, everyone has unspoken truths, and everyone is not following God's teachings. It all comes into the finale and climax of the events after Daniel enters the town. Psalm 101:7 A deceitful man shall not dwell in my house; a liar shall not stand before my eyes. A piece of clothing did not make Daniel holy. If truth and faith itself can be redeemed by the confession words searched by mobile phones and the rituals that are learned and sold now, it is an insult to the blood shed by Jesus on the cross. Daniel took the biblical teaching "forgiveness means love" to comfort the family of the six children, which seemed so feeble. As a murderer and bully punished in juvenile control, what he should do is ask God and the victim's forgiveness. When under the priest's robe lies a soul that is still unrepentant and still with sin, this sentence from the heart is meaningless. Daniel, dressed as a priest, told the believers that silence is also prayer, and repentance cannot solve any problem. This kind of teaching can actually gain a foothold in the town church and attract people to come to the meeting, and to what extent the religious devotion of the town residents in the movie has degenerated. [Psalm 51: 17] The sacrifice that God wants is a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 23 Daniel sang so beautifully that the words of Psalm 51 were forgotten? As Christ possessed Daniel and prayed with the family of the deceased child: Father, it is cruel and foolish for you to take them away from us. We don't understand why you are doing this? What you are doing is unfair. We are angry, try to understand us and not judge. Such prayers are followed by the crowd. Don't they read the Book of Job? How to comfort suffering is a very broad topic, and it is difficult to summarize in a few words. There is a passage in the Book of Job that can be briefly summed up—[Job 1:21] says: "I came out of my mother's womb naked, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD took away; the name of the LORD is the LORD. Blessed be." [Job 1: 22] In all these things, Job did not sin, nor did he consider God foolish (or "do not judge God falsely"). At the time, Daniel wanted to pass the exam to enter the seminary at the juvenile detention center, but was rejected by Father Thomas on the grounds that no seminary would accept a criminal. This reason is of course wrong. The "Bible" records the story of the prodigal son's return. A truly repentant person is pleasing to God. But Daniel in the movie is by no means a person who sincerely wants to repent and has a devout service mentality. I don't think it's true that a lot of film review articles don't understand the basic teachings of Catholicism or Christianity and just rely on a secular understanding to recognize what Daniel did. Such a stand-in, a disguise, a story with a religious theme in the film's expression seems very attractive. But in real life, if Daniel's performance was used to preach and officiate in church, he would never last longer than three minutes. The film dramatizes the growth of Daniel's line, and even made him take off his shirt at the last mass, and the camera covered his body over the Jesus statue behind him, uplifting Daniel's soul to awaken, I think it's all unconvincing of. Intercourse in front of the statue of Jesus On the night when the girl fell out with her mother, she came to Daniel's house. As a priest who was apparently sent by the Holy See, to be tempted by lust so easily, this is by no means a piece of welfare that can be taken with one stroke. Religious themes are not the same as ordinary romance movies that deal with erotic scenes. Things that are commonplace and natural in romantic movies cannot only point to the protagonist's emotional line in religious themes, but must also bring religious understanding. Without the permission of marriage and the position of priest, one of them violated one of them, and it cannot be considered that Daniel has made a qualitative leap on the road of growth. [1 Corinthians 7:2] But to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and every woman should have his own husband. [Galatians 5:16] I said: Walk by the Spirit, and you will not indulge the lusts of the flesh. [Add 5: 17 For the flesh is against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, and the two are against each other, so that you cannot do what you will. These three passages are compared to Daniel's adultery with a strange female college student who just got out of the juvenile detention center, and his intercourse as a priest with a girl in the town. I don't feel that he has grown much. If Daniel insists on burying the driver's ashes and ignoring his lustful crimes, it can only be blamed on the director of the film. The director was born in Poland with a strong religious atmosphere, and he is no stranger to this subject matter. But it is less certain whether the belief is truly understood and ascribed to it. Perhaps he took this to criticize the laziness of Polish social beliefs and the inability to understand the mystery of following the truth. Perhaps he did not belong to the Christian faith, thereby satirizing the hypocrisy of the faith and exalting the redemption of the human self. For example, at the end of the movie, when he took off the priest's robe and returned to the prisoners, he still chose or had to accept this forceful dialogue. He was running with blood all over his face and he still didn't seem to see the direction of the future. A priest and a dream, it seems that he is still alive and dead in sin, unforgivable and does not know where to go. Daniel, even in the end, does he really have no other choice? Daniel, even in the end, did he ever repent of Jesus Christ? Daniel, even in the end, did he ever confess to that girl?
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