In The Name Of; out on 18th September on DVD on Wild Bunch.
Directed by auteur Malgoska Szumowska (ELLES) and winner of this 2013's Teddy Award at the Berlin Film Festival, IN THE NAME OF is a gripping and controversial look at homosexuality in the church, steeped in religious symbolism resonating with current issues in today's society.
Adam is a Catholic priest who discovered his calling as a servant of God at the relatively late age of 21. He now lives in a village in rural Poland where he works with teenagers with behavioral problems who fight and yell abuse. He declines the advances of a young brunette named Ewa; saying he is already spoken for. However; celibacy is not the only reason for his rejection. Adam knows that he desires men and that his embrace of the priesthood has been a flight from his own sexuality. When he meets Dynia; the strange and taciturn son of a simple rural family; Adam's self-imposed abstinence becomes a heavy burden.
DUTCH VERSION
IN THE NAME OF
Vanaf 18 september op DVD en VOD
Regisseur: Malgoska Szumowska
Cast: Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
Taal: Pools
Ondertiteling: Nederlands
Genre: drama
Duur: 98 minuten
Synopsis
In het katholieke Polen is priester Adam zeer geliefd in de kleine gemeenschap. Niemand weet echter dat een celibaat leven de manier is geweest om zijn homoseksuele verlangens te onderdrukken. Maar wanneer hij op een dag Lukasz ontmoet wordt zijn onthouding meer dan ooit tevoren op de proef gesteld.
