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Corpus Christi

Name: Corpus Christi
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019
Duration: 116 min

Director: Jan Komasa

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Highlights

Inspired by real-life events.
The film investigates the universal question "what if a guilty person is given another chance?".
Won 36 prizes in 60 festivals, with distribution in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Shortlisted for the 92nd Academy Award in the Best International Feature Film category.

2019/ Poland - France116 min/ Drama

Original Title

Boze Cialo

SYNOPSIS

A 20-year-old Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation while living in a Youth Detention Center. He wants to become a priest, but this is impossible because of his criminal record. When he is sent to work at a carpenter’s workshop in a small town, on arrival he dresses up as a priest and accidentally takes over the local parish. The arrival of the young, charismatic preacher is an opportunity for the local community to begin the healing process after a tragedy that happened there.

CAST

BARTOSZ BIELENIA
ELIZA RYCEMBEL
ALEKSANDRA KONIECZNA
TOMASZ ZIĘTEK

CREW

Screenwriter: Mateusz Pacewicz
DOP: Piotr Sobociński Jr
Editor: Przemysław Chruścielewski

Production Company(ies)

AURUM FILM

Producer(s)

Leszek Bodzak

Toronto International Film Festival, Canada

Venice International Film Festival, Italy

Camerimage Film Festival, Poland

CinEast Film Festival, Luxembourg

Hamburg Film Festival, Germany

Houston Film Critics Society Awards, USA

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia

The Silver Hugo for Best Actor – Chicago International Film Festival, USA

Best Film Award – Brasilia Film Festival, Brazil

Best Actor and Silver Star awards - El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt

Golden Carp Film Award – Faro Island Film Festival, Denmark

Special Mention for Best Actor - Festival International du Film Independent de Bordeaux, France

Best Feature, Best Director, Special Jury for Best Feature - Minsk International Film Festival )Listapad), The Republic of Belarus

FIPRESCI Prize, Young Cinestas award – Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA

Special Mention - Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF), Iceland

Best Actor- Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden

Golden Angel Tofifest International Film Festival, Poland

Best Film Award – Venice Film Festival, Italy

Audience Award - Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania

Reviews

Kenneth Turan – Los Angeles Times

Kevin Maher

Leslie Felbrin – The Guardian

Quotes

"A blistering drama, intense, disturbing and inescapably thought-provoking, a film that gets its power from a merging of potent opposites."
Kenneth Turan – Los Angeles Times

"It’s flawless storytelling, effortlessly played and with a rousing, if bloody, conclusion."
Kevin Maher – The Times

"Often moving but also disquieting and even intermittently funny, this drama unfurls a spiritual parable that is uniquely Polish but accessible to all. Piotr Sobociński’s blue-toned cinematography enhances the rapturous air and enhances a smartly written, unsettling work of realism.” Leslie Felbrin – The Guardian