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FIRST REFORMEDDir. Paul Schrader | USA | 2017 | 114 mins
starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric Kyles
Reverend Ernst Toller is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church. When a pregnant parishioner asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past, and equally despairing future, until he finds redemption.
Winner, Best Original Screenplay, Critics Choice Awards
Winner, Green Drop Award, Venice Film Festival
★★★★★
‘It is the portrait of a soul in torment, all the more powerful for being so rigorously conceived and meticulously executed.’ — A.O. Scott, New York Times
★★★★★
‘It is an exquisite piece of filmmaking and also a blunt, pulpy instrument, a despairing, fully sustained howl of a movie that is easily this director’s finest work in years.’ — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
Screenings and refreshments | RM15
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