In the Name of…

Malgoska Szumowska
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September 6 - 11, 2013

New York Premiere!

A closeted Polish priest caring for a group of troubled teens finds his repressed desires emerging when a beautiful young arsonist appears in this sumptuous Teddy Award–winning drama.

DIRECTOR
Malgoska Szumowska
YEAR
2013
COUNTRY
Poland
RUNTIME
102 minutes
START DATE
September 6, 2013

New York Premiere!

Father Adam is the talk of the small Polish town he’s assigned to. Handsome, strong and unfazed by a violent group of local teens, he’s idolized and occasionally hit on by local men and women alike. It’s only when the brooding and beautiful Lukasz, an orphan and accused arsonist, falls into his arms one hot summer day that Father Adam feels the sudden pang of repressed desire. Soon his feelings of lust give way to love, setting off suspicion within the tight-knit, conservative community. Shot in glowing, golden sunlight and set within the sprawling fields and forests of Poland, Malgoska Szumowska’s sumptuous drama (2013 Teddy Award winner for Best Feature Film at the Berlin International Film Festival) teems with sensuality and tension.

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