WARSAW (POLAND)
Reuters
October 1, 2018
By Marcin Goclowski
Nearly a million people have flocked to cinemas across Poland in the last three days to see a movie that depicts Catholic priests in a highly unflattering light, breaking box-office records, its distributor said on Monday.
“Kler” (“Clergy”) is a dark drama, with moments of bleak comedy, about three fictional Catholic priests who swill vodka and mock the church. One sexually abuses a blind orphan boy.
The film has fuelled debate about the church’s influence in one of Europe’s most devout nations.
Kino Swiat, the movie distributor, said 935,000 people had seen it in the three days after its launch.
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