CORPUS CHRISTI (2019)
Special Features: 2019 Oscar® Selection, Poland
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The premise of Jan Komasa's (SUICIDE ROOM, WARSAW '44) daring third feature may sound like the set-up for an outlandish caper comedy, but in his capable hands it becomes a profound and moving meditation on faith, forgiveness and healing. When 20-year-old Daniel (rising star Bartosz Bielenia, rivaling Andrew Scott for "hot priest of the year") is released from a youth detention center, his dream of entering the priesthood is squashed by the weight of his violent criminal record. Instead, he is sent to work at a carpenter's workshop in a rural town, where the community is struggling to heal from a recent tragedy. Mistaken for a priest in a strange turn of events, Daniel decides to run with it, taking over the local parish when the regular pastor is taken ill and gradually becoming a beloved fixture in the community. But even with this chance to transform the lives of those around him, Daniel is living a precarious lie, continuously fighting off his demons and a past that is never far behind. Winner, Label Europa Cinemas Award and Edipo Re Award, 2019 Venice Film Festival; Official Selection, 2019 Toronto and Chicago film festivals. DIR Jan Komasa; SCR Mateusz Pacewicz; PROD Leszek Bodzak, Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham. Poland, 2019, color, 115 min. In Polish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Opening Date: Thursday, December 05, 2019
Genre: Drama
