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Release Date: 16 October, 2003 Retail Price: $4.99 OUR Price: $4.99 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (18 total) |
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The future of the Church of today?
This film is set in a fictional future that takes place after at least two more ecumenical Council's, Vatican IV. A movie that may have been ahead of its time is so relevant today.
A group of traditional Catholics in a remote monastery perform the Pre-Vatican II Latin Mass. And because it becomes world famous, it becomes a problem to Rome. This is the setting when the movie starts. Martin Sheen plays the Modern Neo-Catholic Priest whose job it is to censer the Mass. And Trevor Howard plays the abbot who has lost his faith but is obedient.
Cyril Cusak plays his role with ardor and believability. I think he does the best acting job in this film and his performance is thought provoking. And places the conflict within the church in plain understandable words. A must see for any Catholic.
Maybe passe for Roman Catholics, but Prophetic for Episcopalians
Excellent movie that tackles the purpose of the church - social justice versus saving souls; the Eucharist being merely symbolic rather than a sacrament; and the struggle between the emptying social revolutionary church and the resurgence of orthodoxy drawing people in. I don't think the writers and producers of this film could have had any idea of how prophetic this film would be.
I bought this film for at a dollar store next door to a Chinese buffet where my family ate lunch today. Unbelievable movie; must see for any Episcopalian, Roman Catholic, or other Christian in today's church.
Great actors too: Trevor Howard plays a traditionalist monk/abbot who has lost his faith (might as well have been Bishop Spong), Martin Sheen who plays the with it social revolutionary priest sent to suppress the latin mass and the priest and people facing east being performed by the Irish monks, and Cyril Cusak who plays a priest of firm conviction in Jesus Christ and the mass.
What truly struck me is the conflict between the vows of obedience given to hierarchical churches, from laity to bishops, and conscience and faith. What also struck me is that all these supposed innovations in our church that were supposed to draw people in, for some reason, empty the churches, and that orthodox resurgence tends to attract quite a following. We see this now in the Episcopal Church as well as others.
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