Word: vincents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...resurrection of the St. Vincent case deals with the difficulties of facing the past and the personal memories which have since been either healed or deeply repressed. The film enters Kevin's present-day existence, as well as those of the other victims of the orphanage. Their responses to their years in St. Vincent range significantly, from anger and resignation to revenge. The wide span of emotions testifies to the moral ambiguities involved in re-examining the case so many years later. As the film makes clear, there are no clear-cut answers to dealing with this painful territory...
This then is the task of the second chapter of "The Boys of St. Vincent." Part II of the film takes place 15 years later and centers upon the relationship of the private histories, memories and experiences of the individuals--both victims and perpetrators--to this past they have left behind. The court has decided to prosecute the priests of St. Vincent now for the sexual abuse of 15 years past, which now becomes reconstructed as a public legal case. In this sense, the second part of the film is narratively continuous with the first part, yet it also clearly...
...Smith so acutely mapped the emotions of the young orphans in their faces, so too is he able to convey the interior psychological experience of Lavin's wife. The therapy sessions of Lavin--his substitute for the confession he never made during his reign of terror over St. Vincent--also stand as a complex tool in probing the introspective experiences of each character involve, as well as dissecting the soul and source of brutality...
Though "The Boys of St. Vincent" is not an easy movie to watch, it explores issues which have long been covered by a veil of tightlipped silence. Because of the reality embedded in these uncomfortable and perverse themes, the film encountered a long journey of censorship difficulties with Canadian television. After garnering both widespread praise for its honest portrayal of corruption in the Catholic Church, as well as criticism from those who saw the film as an affront to the Church's authority, this powerfully chilling drama-documentary has landed at the Museum of Fine Arts. With recent talk...
...chief, pleaded not guilty to embezzling money paid by the news media for travel with the president, and asked the judge for the right to subpoena records from Hillary Rodham Clinton and other White House officials to prove his innocence. Among the records sought are those of the late Vincent Foster, the deputy White House counsel who committed suicide. Dale is accused of wrongfully pocketing at least $33,297. "Mr. Dale never spent a penny of government money or media money," his attorney, Steven C. Tabackman, said outside court. Dale claims that records taken from the travel office will prove...