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  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 50 m

Summary Though from the outside Maria lives in the modern world, her family and her heart are faithful to a Catholic radicalism that requires sacrifice and devotion at every turn. As she struggles to balance her own desires with the dictates of her family's faith, she makes ever more perilous sacrifices, attempting to please a God she worships u...

Written By: Dietrich Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 50 m

Stations of the Cross

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Though from the outside Maria lives in the modern world, her family and her heart are faithful to a Catholic radicalism that requires sacrifice and devotion at every turn. As she struggles to balance her own desires with the dictates of her family's faith, she makes ever more perilous sacrifices, attempting to please a God she worships u...

Written By: Dietrich Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
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36% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
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36% Mixed
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90
Jul 7, 2015
Newcomer Van Acken is a phenomenal find and she’s never less than believably torn between doing the right thing and being her own person.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 10, 2015
Despite that emotional distance, the film is carried by young actress Lea van Acken, forced to really emotionally deliver given the lack of camera tricks some actors use as a crutch.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 7, 2015
Stations of the Cross acknowledges that putting theoretical behaviors and mindsets into practice can have unwieldy consequences if context and intent are wholly ignored.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 7, 2015
The ending's a touch too cute, but the best scenes here stand as potent, empathetic, well-observed broadsides against fundamentalism.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 9, 2015
As Maria crumples before our eyes, many will find Stations of the Cross heartbreaking and infuriating. Others may laugh out loud at her mother, a walking nightmare of pious, punishing rectitude.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 7, 2015
The film showcases Lea Van Acken’s remarkable central performance and director Dietrich Brüggemann’s adept control of a deliberately rigorous aesthetic.
By Trevor Johnston FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 28, 2015
Devolving into clodhopping heavyhandedness...Stations of the Cross tackles a weighty, complex subject in simple-minded fashion.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

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Production Company ARTE, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Cine Plus, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Medien- und Filmgesellschaft (MFG) Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), UFA Fiction
Release Date Jul 10, 2015
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.kreuzweg-derfilm.de/
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Awards

Valladolid International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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