First Reformed
(2019, original release: 2017)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
A24, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6331630
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary parish pastor at a small church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. The church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past, and equally despairing future. From writer-director Paul Schrader (*Taxi Driver, Raging Bull*) comes a gripping drama about a crisis of faith that is at once personal, political, and planetary. Nominated for an **Academy Award** for Best Original Screenplay. Nominated for four **Film Independent Spirit Awards** including Best Feature and Best Male Lead. Nominated for a Golden Lion at the **Venice Film Festival**. "*A "Taxi Driver" for the present day, with Hawke in a career-best performance.*" - Rafer Guzman, ***Newsday***

Film

In Process Record

Amanda Seyfried, Ethan Hawke

Originally produced by A24 in 2017

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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