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A former military chaplain, Toller is devastated by the loss of his son, whom he himself had encouraged to enrol in the army. His faith is further stressed when young Mary and her husband Michael, a radical environmentalist, ask him for his help. Consumed by the thought that the world is about to be destroyed by large, ruthless corporations, Toller decides to carry out a highly risky deed, in the hope of managing to rediscover his faith. Ethan Hawke plays tormented Reverend Toller, reflecting the image of a man ready for anything, in order to retrieve a spiritual dimension in a world massacred by economic interests.
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Cast:
Ethan Hawke , Amanda Seyfried, Cedric Kyles, Michael Gaston -
Original Title:
First Reformed -
Country:
United States of America -
Year:
2017 - 108' Subtitles: Portuguese
Director
Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader was born on July 22, 1946, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Born and raised in an ultra-puritan community of local Dutch Calvinists, he didn’t have access to the world of cinema until entering college, whence he was forbidden to watch movies by his parents. He entered the university to study theology, but later decided to switch to cinemhe started working as a film critic and, at the same time, studying Film Theory. In 1972, he wrote the celebrated book Transcendental Style In Film: Ozu, Dreyer Bresson and began writingscreenplays.
After the success, in 1976, of the screenplay for Taxi Driver, Schrader started directing his own films. His most recent feature films First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021) and Master Gardener (2022) have been described by Schrader as parts of a modern trilogy.
After the success, in 1976, of the screenplay for Taxi Driver, Schrader started directing his own films. His most recent feature films First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021) and Master Gardener (2022) have been described by Schrader as parts of a modern trilogy.