Saturday, October 06, 2018

Kler(Clergy)

We arrived at the Zamek about 10 minutes before the movie, Kler(Clergy) started and went into the entrance in front of 艢w. Marci艅 street, The kino(movie house) was on the first floor so we took the stair up to it. With our online tickets in hand, they were scanned and we entered, walked up to row G and sat down in seats 7 and 8. It's a small theater.

The movie began on time at 14:00. It's a story about 3 types of priest in Poland and the strength the Catholic church has here. That is not to say that all priests fit into those three types because I am sure there are more good priest than those three types but rarely are movies made about the good ones.

The film starts out showing that a few years ago, the tragic events combined the fate of the three priests. Now, on every anniversary of the catastrophe that they miraculously escaped with their lives, the clergy meet to celebrate the fact of their survival with heavy drinking. Father Lisowski is a curia worker in a big city and makes a career dreaming about working in the Vatican. The problem is that Archbishop Mordowicz, a dignitary of the Church who uses political influence to build the largest sanctuary in Poland, is in his way. The second priest, Father Trybus, is the parish priest of a rural parish. Serving in a place of poverty, he increasingly succembs to human weaknesses including having a girlfriend. The third Priest, Father Kukule is also not very successful, who-despite his fervent faith-actually loses the trust of parishioners when he is falsely accused of pedophilia. 

The movies is about how these three became priests, what happened to them at the hand of priests or nuns  when they were young and how the third priest, Father Kukule, tried to expose it all publicly, only for it all to be covered up by the Catholic Church.

It has a dramatic ending which I won't tell you. We watched the movie with English subtitles if you live in the U.S. check your cinemas for it. Just remember.....it DOES NOT represent ALL priests in Poland.

Do Zamku dotarli艣my oko艂o 10 minut przed rozpocz臋ciem filmu, Kler (Duchowni) zacz臋li i weszli do wej艣cia przed 艢w. Ulica Marci艅, kino (dom filmowy) znajdowa艂o si臋 na pierwszym pi臋trze, wi臋c podeszli艣my do niego schodami. Z naszymi biletami online w r臋ku, zosta艂y zeskanowane i weszli艣my, podeszli艣my do rz臋du G i usiedli艣my na siedzeniach 7 i 8. Jest to ma艂y teatr.

Film zacz膮艂 si臋 o godzinie 14:00. To opowie艣膰 o 3 typach kap艂an贸w w Polsce i sile, jak膮 ma tu Ko艣ci贸艂 katolicki. Nie oznacza to, 偶e wszyscy ksi臋偶a pasuj膮 do tych trzech typ贸w, poniewa偶 jestem pewien, 偶e jest wi臋cej dobrych kap艂an贸w ni偶 tych trzech typ贸w, ale rzadko s膮 to filmy o dobrych.


Film zaczyna si臋 od pokazania, 偶e ​​kilka lat temu tragiczne wydarzenia 艂膮czy艂y los trzech ksi臋偶y. Teraz, w ka偶d膮 rocznic臋 katastrofy, kt贸r膮 cudem uda艂o im si臋 uciec ze swojego 偶ycia, duchowni spotykaj膮 si臋, aby uczci膰 fakt prze偶ycia z ci臋偶kim piciem. Ojciec Lisowski jest kuriarzem w du偶ym mie艣cie i robi karier臋 marz膮 o pracy w Watykanie. Problem polega na tym, 偶e na jego drodze stoi arcybiskup Mordowicz, dygnitarz Ko艣cio艂a, kt贸ry wykorzystuje wp艂ywy polityczne do budowy najwi臋kszego sanktuarium w Polsce. Drugi ksi膮dz, Ojciec Trybus, jest proboszczem wiejskiej parafii. S艂u偶膮c w miejscu ub贸stwa, coraz bardziej kieruje si臋 ludzkimi s艂abo艣ciami, w tym ma dziewczyn膮. Trzeci kap艂an, ksi膮dz Kukule, tak偶e nie odnosi wielkich sukces贸w, kt贸ry - pomimo jego 偶arliwej wiary - traci zaufanie do parafian, gdy jest fa艂szywie oskar偶any o pedofili臋.

Filmy opowiadaj膮 o tym, jak ci trzej zostali kap艂anami, co sta艂o si臋 z nimi z r膮k ksi臋偶y lub zakonnic, kiedy byli m艂odzi i jak trzeci ksi膮dz, ksi膮dz Kukule, pr贸bowa艂 publicznie je ujawni膰, tylko po to, by wszystko zosta艂o zatuszowane przez Ko艣ci贸艂 katolicki.


Ma dramatyczne zako艅czenie, o kt贸rym ci nie powiem. Obejrzeli艣my film z angielskimi napisami, je艣li mieszkasz w USA, sprawd藕 swoje kina. Tylko pami臋tajcie ... 偶e to NIE reprezentuje WSZYSTKICH ksi臋偶y w Polsce.