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In the Name Of (film)

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Wikipedia article




'In the Name Of' is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Magorzata Szumowska. The film won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film on LGBT topics at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and was screened at the Frameline Film Festival at the Castro Theater in San Francisco on 25 June 2013. The film focuses on a closeted gay Catholic priest living in rural Poland.

Plot



Father Adam (Andrzej Chyra) takes over a new parish and organizes a center for socially maladjusted youth. He quickly convinces people with energy, charisma and openness. Friendship with a local outsider (played by Mateusz Kociukiewicz) will force the priest to face his own problems, from which he once escaped into the clergy.

Cast



* Andrzej Chyra as Priest Adam

* Mateusz Kosciukiewicz as "Dynia" Lukasz

* Maria Maj as Dynia's mother

* Maja Ostaszewska as Ewa

* Tomasz Schuchardt as "Blondi"

* ukasz Simlat as Ewa's husband

References




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