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Speaking in Tongues (2018)

Speaking in Tongues poster
Directed by
Nathan Deming
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A socially isolated college student converts to Christianity after his mother dies. He moves to Chicago for an evangelism internship, but as he gets deeper into the structured religious life, he starts to doubt what he believed.

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What happens

Speaking in Tongues is a 2018 American independent drama film written and directed by Nathan Deming and co-written by Lawrie Doran. The film follows Jake, a socially isolated college student in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who converts to Christianity following the death of his mother and joins an evangelism internship in Chicago. As Jake becomes immersed in a highly structured religious environment, he begins to question his beliefs. The film premiered at the Austin Film Festival and was later acquired for distribution by MPX Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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