In the Name Of (film)
2013 Polish film
- 8 February 2013 (2013-02-08) (Berlin)
- 12 September 2013 (2013-09-12) (Poland)
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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
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
- 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
- ^ "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
- In the Name Of at IMDb
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Films directed by Małgorzata Szumowska
- Happy Man [pl] (2000)
- Stranger [pl] (2004)
- 33 Scenes from Life (2008)
- Elles (2011)
- In the Name Of (2013)
- Body (2015)
- Mug (2018)
- The Other Lamb (2019)
- Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
- Infinite Storm (2022)
- Woman Of... (2023)
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