Bartosz Bielenia

Aleksandra Konieczna

Eliza Rycembel

Tomasz Ziętek

Barbara Jonak

Leszek Lichota

Łukasz Simlat

Zdzisław Wardejn

Anna Biernacik

Lidia Bogaczówna

Bogdan Brzyski

Malwina Brych

Juliusz Chrząstowski

Radoslaw Ciucias

Mateusz Czwartosz

Jakub Sierenberg

Hilda Somarriba

Robert Brzeziński

Marcin Skoś

Andrzej Górnisiewicz

Jan Komasa

Piotr Sobociński Jr.

Leszek Bodzak

Konrad Bugaj

Paweł Czajor

Przemysław Chruścielewski

Mateusz Pacewicz

Manuel Rougeron

Dorota Roqueplo

Marek Zawierucha

Kacper Habisiak

Piotr Walter

Tomasz Wieczorek

Aneta Brzozowska

Frederic Berardi

Patrice Nezan

Marek Jastrzębski

Marcin Kasiński

Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham

Sacha Galperine

Evgueni Galperine

Marta Kraus

Małgorzata Jurczak

Anna Limbach-Uryn

Jakub Szurmiej

Laurent Versini

Krzysztof Rak

Jacek Wiśniewski

Drama

Boże Ciało

Aurum Film

Canal+ Polska

WFS Walter Film Studio

Les Contes Modernes

France

Poland

Polski

Corpus Christi

small town

juvenile delinquent

catholic

catholic priest

confession booth

youth correctional facility

SWITCH.

'Corpus Christi' isn't just a movie about dreams and deceit, with sweeping beautiful images of the Polish countryside - it's a powerful story of salvation, sacrifice, damnation, retribution and redemption.
- Jake Watt

Read Jake's full article...
https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-corpus-christi-dreams-deceit-and-salvation

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There's a scene at the top of this film that really does make you wince - especially if you're a boy!! Thereafter, it's an engaging drama about "Daniel" (Bartosz Bielenia). He's at a juvenile detention centre where he helps out the priest with their masses and is keen on taking up the priesthood as a profession. Thing is, he's not detained for sticking chewing gum to a park bench so that avenue isn't likely to open up for him anytime soon. Parole beckons and he decides to assume the identity of a locum in a small community where his youthful vigour, enthusiasm and unorthodox methodology initially elicits a positive response from his new congregation. Gradually, though, he realises that this is a small town with a big demon - and reconciling both sides of their dispute is going to test all of his guile and wits whilst he has to remember he's no longer the guy he was. The arrival of an erstwhile "colleague" risks putting a fly in his now quite successful ointment though and he has to make some tough decisions of his own - voluntarily or otherwise. Bielenia is on good form here. He successfully marries the characteristics of the directionless thug with that of a man with a purpose, if not exactly a mission, well with an enthusiastic performance that could never be described as conformist. The narrative throws in a few questions about religiosity, forgiveness and a solid supporting cast contracts effectively the old and new lives of this man who might just have found his vocation - if only he can be left to escape his past. I didn't love the conclusion, but all in all this is a well told story of spirituality and decency that doesn't necessarily require a dog collar to inspire.

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Corpus Christi( 2019)

Sinner. Preacher. A Mystery.

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A review by SWITCH.

Written by SWITCH. on Sun Aug 09 2020

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