Gates to Paradise (1968) [N/A]
Featuring:
Lionel Stander, Ferdy Mayne, Pauline Challoner
Written by:
Jerzy Andrzejewski
Donald Howarth
Directed by:
Andrzej Wajda
Release Date:
May 31, 1968
Original Title:
Gates to Paradise
Alternate Titles:
Bramy raju
Die Pforten des Paradieses
Die Pforten zum Paradies
La croisade maudite
Genres:
Drama | History
Production Companies:
Avala Film
Jointex Films Ltd.
Production Countries:
United Kingdom | Yugoslavia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 89
In 1212, a Children's Crusade is launched after a young shepherd, Jacques de Cloyes, claims to have had a vision in which it is said that the innocence of children would be able to liberate Jerusalem. A monk, returning from Holy Land, joins the crusade and hears the children's confessions, gradually realizing that most of them are taking part not for religious, but for more worldly reasons, like rejected love and hopes for freedom, the true nature of their enthusiasm is homosexual. In fact, if the children follow Jacques, it is more for romantic than religious reasons. They take literally the famous phrase: “Love one another”.
A group of children left their homes to follow Jacques de Cloyes (John Fordyce) in his pilgrim to Jerusalem. Jacques is saying that he had heard the Voice of God telling him to go to Jerusalem to find the grave of Jesus. While on their way there, a monk (Lionel Stander) accompany them. Some of the children (girls and boys) makes a confession to the monk, their unrequited love for Jacques, their jealousies. Last one to confess was Jacques himself, a boy so beautiful that girls and boys and even man fell in love with him. In the end, is it really the Voice of God he heard?
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