Małgorzata Szumowska : 2013
In the Name of
Adam is a Catholic priest who discovered his calling at the relatively late age of twenty-one. He now lives in a village in rural Poland where he works with teenagers with behavioural problems. His energy appreciated, the locals accept him as one of their own. Everybody wants to be close to him, feeding off of his vitality and power. Nobody but Adam knows that he harbours a secret, the desire for men, and that his embrace of the priesthood has been a flight from his own sexuality. When he meets Łukasz, the strange and taciturn son of a simple rural family, Adam's self-imposed abstinence becomes a heavy burden, forcing him to confront a long forgotten passion. Małgorzata Szumowska's controversial and visually powerful film is about confused emotions, repression and loneliness, broaching the still taboo topic of homosexuality in the priesthood. It is a plea for love to be taken into account by the Catholic Church. The film won a Teddy Award when it premiered in competition at Berlin International Film Festival 2013.
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