In the Name Of (film)
Appearance
In the Name Of | |
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Directed by | Małgorzata Szumowska |
Written by | Michal Englert Małgorzata Szumowska |
Produced by | Agnieszka Kurzydło |
Starring | Andrzej Chyra Mateusz Kosciukiewicz Maja Ostaszewska Łukasz Simlat Tomasz Schuchardt Maria Maj Olgierd Łukaszewicz |
Cinematography | Michal Englert |
Edited by | Jacek Drosio |
Music by | Ben Bridwell |
Production company | |
Release dates |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | Poland |
Language | Polish |
Box office | $ 1 127 938[1] |
In the Name Of (Polish: W imię...) is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Małgorzata 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.[2][3] The film focuses on a closeted gay Catholic priest living in rural Poland.
Plot
[edit]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 Kościukiewicz) will force the priest to face his own problems, from which he once escaped into the clergy.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Andrzej Chyra as Priest Adam
- Mateusz Kosciukiewicz as "Dynia" Lukasz
- Maria Maj as Dynia's mother
- Maja Ostaszewska as Ewa
- Tomasz Schuchardt as "Blondi"
- Łukasz Simlat as Ewa's husband
References
[edit]- ^ "In the Name Of (2013)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Berlinale 2013: Competition Now Complete". berlinale. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Polish gay priest drama launches Berlin film fest race". asiaone. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ W imię... (in Polish), retrieved 12 August 2020
External links
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Categories:
- 2013 films
- 2013 drama films
- 2013 LGBTQ-related films
- Films about LGBTQ and Christianity
- Films critical of the Catholic Church
- Polish drama films
- 2010s Polish-language films
- Polish LGBTQ-related films
- Gay-related films
- Films directed by Małgorzata Szumowska
- 2010s LGBTQ-related drama films
- Films set in Poland
- Polish film stubs
- LGBTQ-related drama film stubs