Everything in the image has meaning from the directions of JesusвЂ™ eyes to the void of the background to the gestures of the hands. For example, the face of Jesus in the original Divine Mercy image perfectly matches the features and proportions of Shroud of Turin. From beginning to end, it is filled with compelling information without ever being labored or preachy. The first thought that came after watching the film was how good it would be as an educational tool. It feels present and accessible, neither rushed nor lagging.

This gives the film a sense of immediacy without the distance of historical time. I myself met John Paul II once when I was 14, and he was close friends with Fr. What helps make Love and Mercy unique is that many events are recent enough to be remembered by the audience. It involves seamlessly splicing together both feature biographical drama with contemporary documentary interviews. John Paul II, one of her greatest advocates.Дocudrama is a difficult genre to pull off successfully. Today, the Church universally celebrates the Feast of Divine Mercy the Sunday after Easter, and Faustina was canonized in 2000 by Pope St. It would be up to Sopocko to carry on the cause, though he too would have great difficulties. Despite being asked by Jesus to start a religious order devoted to His mercy, Faustina died on Octoof tuberculosis at the age 33. Michal Sopocko (Maciej Malysa), they create a painting of Jesus exposing his heart with two rays of light, one red and one white. Working with a secular artist and her spiritual director Fr.

After becoming a nun, Jesus asked her to make a specific image of his Divine Mercy. Beginning in her teenage years, she received visions of heavenly figures and engaged in conversations with Jesus. The protagonist is Jesus Himself, who uses numerous people to bring about the image and feast of Divine Mercy.ДЇrom the time Faustina was a young child, she felt a call to devote her life to God. Love and Mercy: Faustina brilliantly uses the odd genre of docudrama to bring this story to life.Дespite its title, however, St. This simple nun became the instrument to bring the endless mercy of God to a century ravaged by countless horrors.

USCCB Rating: Not rated at this time of this reviewДЄlthough she probably never envisioned it, Faustina Kowalska (Kamila Kaminska) is one of greatest saints of the 20th century. MPAA Rating: Not rated at this time of this review

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