First Reformed
AroView: Ethan Hawke plays a pastor of a historic First Reformed church in upstate New York whose existential troubles span questions of faith, morality, modernity and environmentalism.
Elements of the plot and character are inspired by the novel The Diary of a Country Priest, made into the 1950 film of the same name, it’s a film scripted and directed with passion and rigorous intelligence by Paul Schrader.
“Feels like a lifetime of preoccupations and traumas distilled beautifully, accompanied with a haunting sparseness creating a profound deliverance.” ~THE PLAYLIST
“Thoughtful, moving, overreaching and uncompromising…” ~The Wrap
Cast
Amanda Seyfried, Ethan Hawke, Cedric The Entertainer, Michael Gaston, Philip Ettinger, Van Hansis
Director
Language
English
Closed Captions [CC]
English [cc]
Country
USA
Studio
NBC Universal
