A priest curses God to find Him again — Russian spiritual chaos at its finest.
The film is based on the story by L. Andreev "The Life of Vasily of Thebes" about the fate of the village priest Vasily, who, after going through a great many misfortunes, renounces God in order to regain his true faith through even greater grief.
Acting
Baluev's volcanic descent from piety to blasphemy — absolutely unhinged.
Direction
Shinkarenko frames despair like a religious icon coming alive to scream.
Director
Dmitri Shinkarenko
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