Blessed Duns Scotus: Defender of the Immaculate Conception

7.2
2011 1 hr 30 min War

John Duns Scotus was a Franciscan friar who provided the theological explanation of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in the early fourteenth century (500 years before it was proclaimed as a Dogma of Faith of the Catholic Church). "Duns Scotus" chronicles the life and teachings of the blessed in the years between 1303 and 1305. The film also offers a brief look at the childhood of this man and his will to join the Franciscan Order since childhood

  • Cast:
    Adriano Braidotti

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Reviews

Dynamixor
2011/03/24

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Chirphymium
2011/03/25

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Blake Rivera
2011/03/26

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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Geraldine
2011/03/27

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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