2009 · drama · war · religious
The Priest
Directed by Vladimir Khotinenko2h 9m2009
Father Alexander is trying to maintain peaceful life for his church amidst the Nazi occupation during WWII.
Our read: The Priest (2009) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · war · religious entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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