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Polish film, "Corpus Christi:" catch the best performance I've seen

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in many a moon. A young killer is released and through a fortuitous series of circumstances, is mistaken as the priest sent to a remote village to spell the sick local pastor. Once there, he finds he has the strange talent of being able to truly influence people's lives--- and these townsfolk are in dire need of it: before his arrival, a car wreck killed a group of local kids. The driver allegedly responsible died in the crash and his mother has been ostracized.

There actually have been true stories of such mistaken identities, certainly. This one succeeds because of the amazing talent of the young actor, Bartosz Bielenia. NO young actor comes close to this guy's range.

To those in doubt: Poland has a very good film industry: "Ida" won the Best Foreign Language Film only 2 years ago...

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Will be checking it out...love many Polish films nt - Rod H. 09:39:46 11/29/20 (0)
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"To those in doubt:" Not me. I was a young boy... - Victor Khomenko 06:24:03 11/24/20 (7)
...when I saw Ashes and Diamonds.

BTW, I wanted to ask the participants to mention the resources - where did you see that one?
- I saw on "Criterion Channel." Google says it's also on Netflix, - tinear 07:12:39 11/24/20 (6)
  Amazon Prime.
  "Ashes and Diamonds:" what a beautiful, haunting film. A terrific counterpoint to, "Breathless." The equally-as-charismatic-as-Belmondo lead met a horrific end, in "real life."
  - Thank you again. Almost cost me my marriage. :( nt - Victor Khomenko 05:10:05 11/25/20 (4)
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    - What?? She hated it or you did? nt - tinear 05:58:52 11/25/20 (3)
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      - She hated it with religious passion... - Victor Khomenko 09:07:47 11/25/20 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: What?? She hated it or you did? nt posted by tinear on November 25, 2020 at 05:58:52
        
        ...and it apparently kept haunting her all through the night. :)
        
        I bet she hates Scorcese! nt - tinear 06:20:48 11/26/20 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: She hated it with religious passion... posted by Victor Khomenko on November 25, 2020 at 09:07:47
        
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        That is correct - Victor Khomenko 08:09:25 11/26/20 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I bet she hates Scorcese! nt posted by tinear on November 26, 2020 at 06:20:48
        
        She has bright and sunny disposition and not really into any darkness.
  - Thank you, will make a suggestion to the lady. nt - Victor Khomenko 07:35:36 11/24/20 (0)
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