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The Apostle (1997)

Drama | 134 minutes
3,24 154 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 134 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Robert Duvall

Stars: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett and Billy Bob Thornton

IMDb score: 7,2 (15.537)

Releasedate: 19 December 1997

The Apostle plot

"The hardest soul to save was his own."

Eulis 'Sonny' Dewey is a pastor from Texas and lives a happy life. Until at some point his wife cheats and he loses his church. In anger, he knocks his wife's lover into a coma and has to leave. He starts a new life in Louisiana and tries to start a new church there.

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T.O.

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The film is quite unusual in the sense that the main character participates in almost EVERY dialogue and these dialogues are almost always religiously tinged. This gives it a special atmosphere. The rest of the story is indeed quite slow and uninteresting.

Absolutely beautiful role from Robert Duvall. 3*

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AngelicV

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Where does faith begin and where does a personality disorder occur? Robert Duvall, who devised and directed the film himself, acts with verve in his role as a child indoctrinated from an early age, who then steps up to become a preacher with contemporary problems. Apparently so big that his wife, Farrah Fawcett wants to get rid of him. The inner spiritual battle he wages is good for a DSM 5 in today's society. All in all, an interesting film if you are interested in the impact/indoctrination that faith can have on a person, linked to the USA where many churches and religious societies dominate life.

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