Product Description
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**NOMINATED FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM AT THE
2020 ACADEMY AWARDS**
**CERTIFIED FRESH ON ROTTEN TOMATOES**
After spending years in a Warsaw prison for a violent crime,
20-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a remote village to
work as a manual laborer. The job is designed to keep the ex-con
busy, but Daniel has a higher calling. Over the course of his
incarceration he has found Christ, and aspires to join the clergy
- but his criminal record means no seminary will accept him. When
Daniel arrives in town, one quick lie allows him to be mistaken
for the town's new priest, and he sets about leading his newfound
flock. Though he has no training, his passion and charisma
inspire the community. At the same time, his unconventional
sermons and unpriestly behavior raise suspicions among some of
the townsfolk - even more so as he edges towards a dark secret
that the community hasn't revealed in the confessional booth.
Bonus features include Making-of featurette and short film, Nice
To See You, directed by Jan Komasa.
Review
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Nominated - Best International Feature Film - Academy
Awards
Winner - Young Cineastes Award - Palm Springs Int'l. Film
Festival
Winner - FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in an Int'l. Feature Film
- Palm Springs Int'l. Film Festival
Winner - Edipo Re Award - Best Film - Venice Film Festival
Winner - Label Europa Cinemas - Best Film - Venice Film Festival
Winner - Eleven Awards including Best Film - Polish Film
Festival
Winner - Best Actor - Chicago Int'l. FIlm Festival
Winner - Best Actor - Stockholm Film Festival
Nominated - Fedeora Award - Best Film - Venice Film Festival
Official Selection - Toronto Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection - Busan Film Festival
Official Selection - AFI Fest ---
Jan Komasa's Corpus Christi is a stunning Polish feature which
has made waves at Venice and deserves further global re.
Poland may have quite the strong O contender with this film
which shares the elegance, complexity and layered narrative
approach as O favorites The Hunt (Denmark) and Loveless
(Russia). A story that packs an emotional punch while offering
fresh themes and interesting perspectives on religion and faith,
this is a striking feature that is impressive in every sense of
the word and one of the year's best directed films foreign or
otherwise. - Mina Takla, AwardsWatch
Critic's Pick. Compelling...powerful.... - Peter Debruge,
Variety
Original and absorbing. What is true faith and what's fakery is
a question that runs through Polish director Jan Komasa's
slow-burn drama Corpus Christi, its dark intensity channeled in a
dynamically physical, wild-eyed performance from talented young
lead Bartosz Bielenia. - David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
Often moving but also disquieting and even intermittently funny,
this drama unfurls a spiritual parable that is uniquely Polish
but accessible to all. Piotr Sobociski's blue-toned
cinematography enhances the rapturous air and enhances a smartly
written, unsettling work of realism. --Leslie Felperin, The
Guardian
[A]n engrossing exploration of faith, second chances and the
possibility of atonement. - Allan Hunter, Screen Daily
In his superb new movie, Jan Komasa investigates the social
dynamics of a small community that gets a new priest who hides
his true identity. - Ola Salwa, Cineuropa
It's flawless storytelling, effortlessly played and with a
rousing, if bloody, conclusion. - Kevin Maher, The Times (UK)
An intelligent and provocative film which alternately charms and
unsettles, Corpus Christi is Poland's entry for the 2020 Best
Foreign Language O. It's a small torn drama with much bigger
connotations and it thoroughly deserves its place on the world
stage. --Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film