The Indian Priest

2016 Sweden, India film

The Indian Priest

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Directed by| Mattias Löw
Written by| Mattias Löw
Produced by| Mattias Löw
Cinematography| Mattias Löw
Edited by| Maria Sleszynska

Production
companies

Freedom From Choice, Film i Dalarna

Release dates

* 1 January 2016 (2016-01-01) (Cochin, India)

Running time

| 59 minutes
Countries| Sweden, India
Languages| Swedish, English, Hindi, Malayalam

The Indian Priest is a 2016 Swedish-Indian documentary film about a Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.) Catholic priest from south India, Father Raphael Kurian, who is sent to modern and secular Sweden as a missionary on the request from the evergrowing Catholic Church in Sweden and bishop Anders Arborelius.[1]

The documentary mainly focuses on Father Raphael Kurian's daily life, work and life in priestly celibacy at the parishes in Falun and Olofström, Sweden as well as in the Syro-Malabar Church monastery congregation outside Thrissur at Elthuruth in Kerala, India.[2]

The film is produced by Freedom From Choice AB and Film i Dalarna, and directed by award-winning Swedish film director Mattias Löw.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "The Indian Priest premiere at college". The Hindu. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
2. ^ Ljungkvist, Matilda; Kjellander, Daniel (22 May 2017). "The Indian priest of Olofström parish gave cardinal's notice". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
3. ^ "The Swedish Film Database". Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

## External links

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* The Indian Priest at IMDb
* The Indian Priest at the Swedish Film Institute Database