Sunday 7 April 2019

MILOSC I MILOSIERDZIE (LOVE AND MERCY)

Recommended. Successfully made religious cinema. The film is full of love and mercy, especially in the portrayal of Father Soboćko. It charts more than the history of St. Faustyna's life. A fragment of "Miasto ruin" ("The City of Ruins") is used to show Warsaw during wartime and it does make an impression in its own right, apart from illustrating St. Faustyna's prophecy. The convent says "Jezu, ufam tobie" ("Jezus, I trust you") and apparently does so with magnificent results, near escapes in communist times testify to it. Altogether it's a history of coincidences so unusual you must feel God's hand in it. Disturbingly, Hoser, infamous for supporting Rwandan genocide, is one of interviewees and appears normal.

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