Doubt

An amazing film. Just to give a short synopsis of the happenings without giving away too much...

A sharp-tongued, xenophobic Catholic nun. A warm- hearted, open minded Catholic priest with a passion for compassion (hehe). Two completely different sides of the spiritual and religious spectrum clashing forces under the roof of a quaint Catholic school for young, pubescent boys and girls. The story takes place when, under the scrutiny of the said nun in charge of the school, the seemingly innocent relationship between said priest and a young and isolated boy is twisted into an act of blasphemy. And within the question of certainty of the situation resonates one word--doubt.

There were a couple valuable scraps of wisdom that I picked up from the movie; all of which were from the priest's sermons. Talk about irony when I can listen to sermons in movies, but not in real life. Heinous.

The first sermon was about doubt. Duh. But the one thing I picked up from it was something more along the lines of human connection. When you experience feelings of doubt, fear, depression, anxiety, it breeds isolation. But the point he made in his sermon was that anyone who was ever human has experienced these feelings too. This establishes a universal and unbreakable, but indirect bond between you and every single person on the planet, making isolation quite simply impossible. And I think that if we were able to completely understand this, more tangible connections like empathy and love would be so much easier to achieve; and feelings like pride and hate would be pointless. Why? When you can relate to a person, it's easier to appreciate them. When you call out a person for being angry just like you have been on occaision, what's the point? Maybe it's this concept of human connection that breeds the long sought-after tolerance that we all need, yeah?

The second sermon was so well told, that I felt it fitting to share it it word for word (SPOILER ALERT):



So, over all, this movie made it onto my summer favorites list. If I had a million stars, I'd give them all to this movie.... *sigh* :)

well, toodles, all~