Corpus Christi

Name: Corpus Christi
Genre: Drama
Released: February 19, 2020
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Aleksandra Konieczna, Anna Biernacik, Barbara Kurzaj, Bartosz Bielenia, Eliza Rycembel

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Film Movement | Release Date: February 19, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Aleksandra Konieczna, Anna Biernacik, Barbara Kurzaj, Bartosz Bielenia, Eliza Rycembel, Leszek Lichota, Lidia Bogacz, Lukasz Simlat, Tomasz Zietek, Zdzislaw Wardejn

Summary: 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 recordAfter 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.… Expand

Director: Jan Komasa

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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G. Allen Johnson

Mar 4, 2020

A quite interesting and irresistible movie, a sort of cross between Paul Schrader’s recent film of spiritual crisis, “First Reformed,” and Steven Spielberg’s “Catch Me If You Can.” An impostor as anguished priest. Read full review

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Kenneth Turan

Feb 27, 2020

This is a blistering drama, intense, disturbing and inescapably thought-provoking, a film that gets its power from a merging of potent opposites. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Feb 19, 2020

It’s a film that engages with the dour without becoming bitter, and a film that allows for redemption but only through the hardest possible work. It’s a film that’s built on a lie but sees only the underlying truth. What an astounding religious drama, and what a beautifully realistic morality play. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Jan 10, 2020

Bielenia delivers a fantastic performance as his character overcomes insecurities and regret to speak the words he knows from experience can help those who’ve lost their way. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Feb 18, 2020

It deviates enough from formula — especially in its arresting ending, which takes full advantage of Bielenia’s haunted visage — to be worth seeing. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Feb 10, 2020

Whenever the movie strays from its hero, you feel oddly impatient to get back to him, to watch his cravings do battle with his conscience, and to wonder anew what’s burning in his blue-green gaze. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Jan 10, 2020

The finale is a gut-punch, but it arrives too long after Komasa has already exhausted most of his story's, and leading man's, energy. Read full review

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mikesgold2K

Feb 4, 2021

Niesamowity film, o człowieku i społeczności. Wspaniałe występy aktorskie, zdjęcia, scenografia oraz historia. Jeden z lepszych filmów 2019. Warto go zobaczyć.

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swimjay

Jan 28, 2022

Seeing this film, one can understand the power religious belief has, the current inside of one it can be.

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skiermaxhtc

Mar 11, 2020

Unusual story about young religious crook kept me in constant strain while watching this movie. Overall great film, kinda disappointed by the end but it made me think about it all the evening "what happened next?".

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 21, 2021

I thought this was quite a good film. Its pretty memorable, mainly for the ending - the very end is somewhat haunting, though brutal. I wouldn't recommend it to people especially squeamish about bloody violence, so be warned. There isn't a large amount of said violence throughout the filmI thought this was quite a good film. Its pretty memorable, mainly for the ending - the very end is somewhat haunting, though brutal. I wouldn't recommend it to people especially squeamish about bloody violence, so be warned. There isn't a large amount of said violence throughout the film but it certainly does provide impact, when it is present. It is quite a thoughtful film, with some good dialogue and the like. It is pretty sobering and certainly a bit gritty but its a worthwhile watch certainly, so I'd recommend it, yes.… Expand

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bertobellamy

Apr 6, 2021

Bartosz Bielenia's performance is just excellent. His eyes are instrumental in getting involved with his character: his stare is hypnotic and profound. 'Corpus Christi' examines faith, youth problems, and the arduous task of forgiving with an engaging and incredible story.

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JLuis_001

Mar 28, 2021

This film gives the indications, but naturally, it's obligatory to ask why an impostor, despite his convincing motivations, decided to pose as a priest.

But this about how faith is ambiguous and religion hypocritical. Corpus Christi addresses both issues in a good way, and although I wasThis film gives the indications, but naturally, it's obligatory to ask why an impostor, despite his convincing motivations, decided to pose as a priest.

But this about how faith is ambiguous and religion hypocritical.
Corpus Christi addresses both issues in a good way, and although I was not very happy with its closure, the truth is that I did enjoy it.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Sep 15, 2021

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It comes, a couple of years late, from ultra-Catholic Poland, yet it would be reductive to consider it a film on religious faith: it deals with a theme shared by laity and atheists, that of the difficulty in discerning what is good and right, beautiful and true. Screenplay of(Mauro Lanari)
It comes, a couple of years late, from ultra-Catholic Poland, yet it would be reductive to consider it a film on religious faith: it deals with a theme shared by laity and atheists, that of the difficulty in discerning what is good and right, beautiful and true. Screenplay of a disarming unpredictability, it bewilders from the first to the last sequence. And that's really fine.… Expand

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