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Exarch

2013 · 10 min

A quiet, thoughtful documentary that follows a personal crisis of conscience with empathy and a sense of quiet urgency.

Directed by
Nadia Parfan, Maria Stoianova
Genres
Documentary
Overview
A young Orthodox priest, fed up with too much intolerance and hypocrisy at the Kyiv Pechery Lavra, decides to leave his service there. He finds for himself a new flock: gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people as well as those living with HIV/AIDS. However, the official Orthodox Church denies them in the right to be Christians and homophobic society compels them to hide their sexual orientation. What has to happen to make the Church embower LGBT believers?

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  • Takflix
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Directed by
Nadia Parfan, Maria Stoianova
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • identity
  • isolation
  • justice
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism10
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Nadia Parfan, Maria Stoianova
Runtime
10 min
Country
Ukraine
Languages
Russian, Ukrainian

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