Three Catholic priests meet to celebrate the anniversary of an event which could have taken their lives. Their experiences and motivations to serve as priests are extremely different, and soon each of them will have to face new challenges.
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Title: Clergy (2018)
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| Arkadiusz Jakubik | ... | Priest Andrzej Kukula | |
| Robert Wieckiewicz | ... | Priest Tadeusz Trybus | |
| Jacek Braciak | ... | Priest Leszek Lisowski | |
| Joanna Kulig | ... | Hanka Tomala | |
| Janusz Gajos | ... | Archbishop Mordowicz | |
| Adrian Zaremba | ... | Vicar Jan | |
| Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska | ... | Natalia (as Magdalena Celówna) | |
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Ignacy Klim | ... | Rysiek Malinowski |
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Michal Gadomski | ... | Rysiek's stepfather |
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Katarzyna Chlebny | ... | Bozena |
| Iwona Bielska | ... | Nurse Kaczorowska | |
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Bartosz Trybon | ... | Nowakowa's son |
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Kamil Panas | ... | Schoolboy Bury |
| Robert Wabich | ... | Commander Bury | |
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Sebastian Perdek | ... | Sergeant Madecki |
A few years ago, tragic events combined the fate of three Catholic priests. Now, on every anniversary of the catastrophe that they miraculously escaped with their lives, the clergymen meet to celebrate the fact of their survival. Their everyday lives are, however, very different. Lisowski (Jacek Braciak) is an entrepreneurial curia worker in a big city who dreams of moving to the Vatican. The problem is that Archbishop Mordowicz (Janusz Gajos) is standing in his way, a luxurious dignitary who uses political influence to build the largest sanctuary in Poland. The second of the priests, Trybus (Robert Wieckiewicz), unlike Lisowski, is a rural pastor. Serving in a place full of poverty, he increasingly succumbs to human weaknesses. Kukula (Arkadiusz Jakubik) is also not very successful, and - despite his fervent faith - actually loses the trust of his parishioners day by day. Soon the stories of the three clergymen merge once again, and the events that will take place will have an impact...
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What was the quality problem with most of the earlier Polish movies? The action-oriented screenplays used to give only a coarse look on characters' inside, so the actors delivered their lines very flat, not showing much connection to the character. That was the reason that Polish cinematography was second-rate in comparison to world's best.
Now, the movie Kler is a game changer. It turns out, we have in Poland great actors who are able to play a character very deeply. Three main characters become entangled in a set of intrigues which cause each of them to show a lot of their personality, including traumatic childhood memories. Moreover, I didn't expect the final outcome, so the plot plays on viewer's feelings triggering the viewer to make false assumptions about the characters as plot progresses, what makes this movie very enjoyable to watch. All of that makes this movie is so worthy to be watched - it is a masterpiece of drama. To me, the world's best movie of 2018.
Many people are asking - is the plot of Kler real? The Roman-Catholic Church in Poland claims that some 90% of Poles are catholic, based on the number of administered baptisms. However as statistics show, less than 40% of Poles regularly attend masses, and only about a half of those observe the Church's conservative teachings. On the other hand, polls show that 70% of Poles are tired of the Church's influence on Poland, being angry about both right- and left-wing politicians colluding with influential bishops for their own good but against the interest of an average Polish citizen. This movie is meant to appeal to those 70%, so it is more important that this is how the majority of the Polish nation see their country's largest church, rather than if the plot itself is real.