Corpus Christi
aka Boże ciało
First screened in October 2019
Director: Jan Komasa. Cast: Bartosz Bielenia, Eliza Rycembel, Aleksandra Konieczna, Tomasz Ziętek, Łukasz Zimlat, Zdzislaw Wardejn, Leszek Lichota, Barbara Kurzaj. Screenplay: Mateusz Pacewicz.

Twitter Capsule: Launch and finale make electric impressions. Complex protagonist, but movie has trouble seeing the other characters.

VOR:   One of several current festival films from Eastern Europe about the epidemic dementing of young men. Uneven style and direction, but serious conviction.



Photo © 2019 Aurum Film

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


Awards:
Chicago International Film Festival: Best Actor (Bielenia)

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