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Gospa
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Wikipedia article
'Gospa' is a 1995 religious drama starring Martin Sheen and Morgan Fairchild about pilgrimages to a small village in Herzegovina where six school children say the Virgin Mary ("Our Lady", ) appeared in 1981 (see Our Lady of Meugorje).
The movie highlights alleged persecutions of Catholic Croats, particularly of the clergy, by the communist authorities of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Martin Sheen plays Franciscan priest Jozo Zovko, who was tried for sedition by the Yugoslav government.
Cast
*Martin Sheen as Father Jozo Zovko
*Michael York as Milan Vukovi
*Morgan Fairchild as Sister Fabijana Zovko
*Paul Guilfoyle as Miodrag Dobrovi
*Ray Girardin as father Zrinko uvalo
*Frank Finlay as Monsignor
*Tony Zazula as prosecutor Govanovi
*William Hootkins as judge Maruli
*Angelo Santiago as Vlado Pali
*Mustafa Nadarevi as major Stovi
*Slavko Brankov as 2nd Jail Guard
*Daniela oli-Prizmi as French Journalist (as Nela oli-Prizmi)
*Anica Tomi as Mirjana Dragievi
Reception
The film won the Golden Gate of Pula (audience award for best film as voted by festival audiences) at the 42nd Pula Film Festival, and 'Vjesnik' award Jelen.
Roger Ebert gave 'Gospa' two stars out of four. He noted the enthusiastic responses by the film's audiences in the United States, but felt that its "impact is religious and political, not cinematic", and that "it really isn't a very good film". In 2014, Croatian TV critic Zrinka Pavli described it as a "bad film, with bad acting and an almost cartoon-like depiction of the situation it deals with".
Film critic and Catholic priest Peter Malone writes that the film's "strong pro-Croatian perspective seems more propaganda-like than informative" and most of the dialogue is "stilted writing".
References
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