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posted 17 years ago by dreamonforever1
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interesting how they panned this film as "tv movie of the week"-like with the romance between the priest and the social worker (not to mention the scene with the young man in the jail). i think this film did touches on what must've been hot-button issues at the time, in a way that might've generated some controversy. the issues of celibacy and birth control, for example. it is very down to earth about those and others.
sure, the romance is a little flowery (keeping in mind the time period out of which the film comes), and lauren hutton and robert forster are a maybe not the people you'd expect to see cast in these roles, but the story wasn't trite at that time, and, in light of recent controversies involving parish priests, it should be a welcome relief to see a story about one leaving his church for a woman.

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[–] taylorje 16 years ago

I think at the time (1970) it would have been heavy stuff; the priest breaking his vow of celibacy and the girl having the abortion (she was one of Lauren Hutton's clients). I saw the movie on TV in the 1980's and tracked down a copy of the book (very disappointing compared to movie). I particularly liked Ivor Francis' line in the movie "If it were the old days we'd have you defrocked! Now we're just supposed to feel sorry for you." May not be an exact quote but he definitely mentioned defrocking.