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/^t/Another important question is why this film brought about such a controversy. Have there not been other films in Poland before, touching such taboo topics as incest and homosexual relationships? Actually these topics have already emerged, but never in association with the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church has been always perceived as the highest moral resort, pure and uncorrupted. More than church organizations in other religions, the Catholic Church considers itself to be God's representative. This perception of the Church has prevailed for so long in our society that Polish people regard the Church as the moral authority of the highest rank. In the movie, the film director simply challenged that unshakable authority. It was very risky to project a Catholic priest as a gay, and what is more, to shoot very bold scenes of him having homosexual intercourse with his lover.