A man enters a priest's confessional and threatens to kill him in one week because the man was sexually molested by a priest as a child. He says that killing a bad priest means nothing, so he will kill a good one. The priest then spends the week wandering the small town that he lives in and interacting with people. Most of the residents of the town have a problem that they are seeking advice from the priest to solve.
Very interesting. A drama for the characters within the film, but a murder mystery for the viewer! I know I was trying to figure out who it was. Clocking in around an hour 36, the slow pace made it seem like more. The plot was absolutely brilliant and the varied characters in the town formed a cohesive unit of intertwined relationships. All of the dialogue fit well and the acting was done well. The setting in an actual small town and "street clothes" costumes fit together to convey a bleak style. The camera-work was seamless. That's the goal of good filmmaking, to make even a video dork like me not notice what the camera is doing. Audio included good dialogue levels correctly mixed with appropriate and mostly diegetic music. Other critics have given it a C rating because of the heavily religious overtones and subject matter of sexual abuse. They said it does "not fit in an easily marketable genre" meaning it's not mainstream, braindead trash. I however give it a best rating for being thoughtful and marvelously produced. Watch this!
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