i couldn not relate to this film . it fail to engage me either intellectually and emotionally or aesthetically . the dialogue be very dense and uninvolving . i couldn not connect with and hence care about any of the character and i be find it hard to find much that positive to say about it . i have read that to understand it properly one need to be familiar with some of the more obscure aspect of catholic theology . i will admit that and a an atheist and i probably be unfamiliar with many of the finer detail of catholicism and but i have also see many film deal with religious issue that have touch me because their theme be still universal to the human condition and do not rely on specialised knowledge or belief .