Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

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Movie
Original title Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 106 minutes
Rod
Director Alex Gibney
script Alex Gibney
production Alex Gibney
Alexandra Johnes
Kristen Vaurio
Jedd Wider
Todd Wider
music Ivor Guest
Robert Logan
camera Lisa Rinzler
cut Sloane Klevin
occupation

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God is a 2012 documentary directed by Alex Gibney . The film details the first known protest against ecclesiastical sexual abuse in the United States by four deaf men.

The film was on 9 September 2012 at the International Film Festival in Toronto premiere. The limited theatrical release followed on November 16, 2012. The film had its television premiere on February 4, 2013 on the cable channel HBO .

The title is derived from the Latin formula mea maxima culpa , which comes from a section of the Roman Catholic mass liturgy, the confession of guilt.

Table of contents

The film follows the documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney in his educational work, as he investigated the abuse of power in the system of the Catholic Church and followed the life stories of four deaf men. He wanted to convict the perpetrators (priests), by whom the children had been abused in the mid-1960s. Each of these men was a witness in the public protest against clerical sexual abuse that later became known as the " Lawrence C. Murphy Case ."

criticism

The film received mostly positive feedback from the critics. Thus, rotten tomatoes an average rating of 98% at 47 reviews; 92% of the visitors rated the film positively. Metacritic has an average rating of 73% based on 16 reviews and an average user rating of 9.4 out of 10 points.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God at rottentomatoes.com, accessed July 8, 2013
  2. ↑ Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God at metacritic.com, accessed July 8, 2013