THE SACRED SPIRIT (2021)
To paraphrase the old legal maxim; ignorance is not an excuse. This central theme runs through The Sacred Spirit, as it explores the lives of a family facing the tragedy a missing child. Worse yet, some of them seem to embrace ignorance and would rather turn a blind eye to reality altogether. There’s a lot of talk about religion, con artists, and contacting the dead. But most of these ideas are distractions from the problems of real life. This isn’t a procedural, it’s more of an odd domestic drama. Which is an interesting angle from which to examine the subject matter. Can it still work when it throws out things like suspense, detective work, and even normal emotional responses to loss? It’s sold as a tragic-comedy but the story isn’t so easy to digest – not only because of certain parts of the story, but because of the way it’s constructed.
