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The Hunt
Why this pick
Like Doubt, it makes an accusation reverberate through a close-knit institution, sustaining painful uncertainty while observing how moral conviction can isolate and damage people.
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MOVIE2008 1h 44m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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The Children's Hour
Why this pick
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Mass
Why this pick
Though built around a very different tragedy, its spare, dialogue-led form and compassionate refusal of easy judgment closely suit Doubt’s emotionally rigorous confrontations.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1964 at a Catholic church in The Bronx, New York (state), Father Brendan Flynn gives a sermon on the nature of doubt, noting that like faith, doubt can be a unifying force. Sister Aloysius, the strict principal of the church's parish school, becomes concerned when she sees a boy pull away from Flynn in the school courtyard. She instructs her Sisters of Charity of New York to be alert to suspicious activity in the school.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Meryl Streep
Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Father Brendan Flynn
Amy Adams
Sister James
Viola Davis
Mrs. Miller
Alice Drummond
Sister Veronica
John Costelloe
Warren Hurley
Frank Dolce
Ralph
Paulie Litt
Tommy Conroy