James atya jó pap, akit lelki tartása vezérel. Egy nap, amikor vezeklőket fogad, egy számára láthatatlan férfi közli vele, hogy pontosan azért fog végezni vele, mert nem tett semmi rosszat. James egy hetet kap arra, hogy megbékéljen sorsával, és ezalatt sorra meglátogatja felekezete bűnös lelkeit - akik a potenciális gyanúsítottak is egyben. A halálra való felkészülést tovább nehezíti lányának érkezése, aki nemrég kísérelt meg öngyilkosságot.
Bosszúszomj után vérszomj, itt van az Oldboy-jal elhíresült koreai rendező, Park Chan-wook új filmje, a Thirst (Bakjwi, 2009). Egy kórházban ügyködő pap beszáll egy fenyegető vírus elleni küzdelembe, mint tesztalany, ám a szertől vámpírrá alakul. A horror-dráma producere és írója is Park Chan-wook, a történetet részben Émile Zola Thérese Raquin c. regénye ihlette. Természetesen van benne szerelmi szál is, sőt, ez az első koreai film, amelyben férfi nemiszerv is felbukkan. De valószínűleg más érdemei miatt nyerte el az idei Cannes-i Filmfesztiválon a Zsűri díját.
The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin to do so. After spending some time with him, the relationship with her confessor turns into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire.
Fiona seeks refuge in her local church, escaping the evil within her house only to find that something far darker sits in the confession booth next to her. This short film is one of the five winning short films which were made for “My Annabelle Creation" competition as a promotion for the film Annabelle: Creation.
Obsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?
A priest stationed in Tipperary, Ireland, is eager to return to Rome. Told he cannot do so until he has raised enough money for the building of a new church, he decides to open a cinema in the local town.
Take a peak under the surface of any gay man, and who knows what you'll find? Confessions, an anthology of disclosures from the recesses of the gay male psyche, goes some way to answer that very question. Spanning themes that are dark, sexy, intense, funny, romantic and shocking, Confessions turns a spotlight on characters you don't often get to see- but will not want to turn away from.
Cusack atya, a fiatal és energikus katolikus pap, egy New York-i középiskolában tanít. Egy nap meghallgatja egy sorozatgyilkos gyónását. A komoly személyiségzavarral küszködő férfi részletesen beismeri, hogyan követett el rituális gyilkosságokat fiatal nőkön. Cusack atyát komoly kétségek kezdik gyötörni: betartsa-e a gyónási titoktartás kötelezettségét, vagy segítsen a rendőrségnek elkapni a tettest? Az egyre nagyobb nyomás alá kerülő papot, se a rendőrség se az áldozatok hozzátartozói nem képesek megérteni. A lelkész végül elhatározza, hogy magánnyomozásba kezd, nem is sejtve, döntése, milyen következményekkel jár.
Strung together by the Catholic Church, a confession booth, and the Rosary, All Saints is a voyeuristic and light-hearted character study and commentary on womanhood, religion, and culture.
A mockumentary about a small town church preparing for a community chili cookoff while searching for a new pastor and keeping their building from falling apart.
Seen through the eyes of Rebecca Gibbs, a young abuse victim, I DON'T WANNA FEEL NOTHIN' NO MORE is an intense drama that chronicles three generations of incest among the women in one family as they struggle to maintain their strength and dignity against almost overwhelming odds.
Black Hole Radio is an installation that consists of taped confessions of callers of the New York City Phone Confession Line and video images. The Phone Confession Line is based on anonymous callers ringing to confess on things they had done or thought like adultery, theft, murder or regrets. Thereafter anybody could call and listen to the confessions. Although making a confession was free, listening to a confession costs money. After Cohen got his hands on the confessions, he used them as an audio heartbeat to accompany video-images of every day life in New York City he had taken over the years. This installation is a portrait of the city with its dark secrets, hushed voices and nocturnal images. In this way Cohen tries to bring across an experience to the viewer that relies on absence, waiting and the effort to hear something in the dark.