'Bursts with powerful originality…a tense, involving atmosphere…stunning camera- work, an intriguing atmosphere...' - Deborah Young, VARIETY 'Slow-paced and austerely beautiful...' - Lee Marshall, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL 'A spiritual thriller...' - Helen de Wit, LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 'Austere, atmospheric account of a trainee priest’s induction…Both dream-like and cerebral' - Tom Dawson, TOTAL FILM 'Brilliantly conveying the enormity of surrendering the self, this is a religious film with universal relevance' - David Parkinson, EMPIRE 'Absorbing & intruiging, original, heartfelt' - LITTLE WHITE LIES 'Brilliantly played' - SIGHT AND SOUND