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Apr 27, 2022 · First Reformed follows the lonely priest Ernst Toller ( Ethan Hawke ), who is coping with the death of his son, Joseph. Toller had encouraged Joseph to enlist in the United States military,...
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First Reformed is a 2017 American psychological drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader. It stars Ethan Hawke as a minister of a small congregation in upstate New York who grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns, and a tormented past.
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, until he finds redemption in an act of grandiose violence.
Oct 3, 2018 · ‘First Reformed’ centers around the life of a former military chaplain, Ernst Toller, who finds himself boxed in the mechanical square of the camera and the vicious circle of life. His transition of thought and culmination of desire for atonement and redemption serves the narrative akin to the manner in which Bickle’s abhorrence of the ...
Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary.
Jan 31, 2024 · First Reformed, a 2017 psychological drama written and directed by Paul Schrader, left audiences captivated and perplexed with its enigmatic ending. Set in 2024, the film follows Reverend Ernst Toller (played by Ethan Hawke), a troubled priest grappling with his faith and personal demons.
May 17, 2018 · The soul in question belongs to the Rev. Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke), a Protestant minister in upstate New York. Toller’s church, with its slender steeple and whitewashed clapboards, evokes both...
