Great film. It gives me a sense of hope, that God's plan is perfect and in the end, if we seek Him diligently, it will all work out and all the pieces will fall into place. I was wondering why doesn't the protagonist just accept God's forgiveness and lay his burden down. Father Job mentions that too. Just believe that your sin is forgiven and move on. But then I began to see, that Father Anatoly has found favor with God and he is a lot more sensitive to His will than an average person. It was God's perfect will to bring it to this kind of completion. We never hear back from the people who were helped by Father Anatoly. That calls for our faith that things for them worked out the way he said that they will. I can't help but wonder if the widow made it to France, if the boy's leg healed, if the young girl's baby turned out to be a 'golden boy'. What is going to happen to Father Job? He wanted 'to serve people', but complains that it was not given to him. Is he going to step up after Father Anatoly's death? This movie is a kind that stays with you for life. It brings light to the simple truths in deep powerful way.
Review of The Island
