Fox Faith has released a Christian movie that is interesting, compelling, educational and yet based on the Christian faith. Michael Landon Jr. did an excellent job of directing The Last Sin Eater that appears in theaters throughout the Lewisville-Denton-Sherman triangle. Try to get to see it if you can, it's worth the 2-hour investment. I googled (is that a verb?) sin eater and found the practice was Welsh and defined as, "A person actually making his living as an outcast who eats food from the chests of the dead, taking those (persons) sins upon himself, to leave pure the departing soul. Usually each village had its official sin-eater to whom notice was given as soon as a death occurred. A groat (a small coin), a crust of bread and a bowl of ale were either handed him or placed upon the breast of the departed, and after he had eaten and drunk he rose and pronounced the ease and rest of the dead person, for whom he thus pawned his own soul."
I can tell you right now to not expect the usual. It starts out creepy filled with historical, religious and superstitious overtones turns into a mystery while you puzzle out the protagonist's (Cadi Forbes portrayed very well by Liana Liberato) problem whips back to when the Welsh first came to the Appalachian Mountains for the reason for the creation of the sin eater, throws in a romantic triangle then segues to a happy ending.
The major fault I found with the film, since my eyes are not what they used to be, is the number of scenes that take place in semi-darkness, but even then, that's something I'm getting used to and the film is definitely worth the eyestrain.
I can tell you right now to not expect the usual. It starts out creepy filled with historical, religious and superstitious overtones turns into a mystery while you puzzle out the protagonist's (Cadi Forbes portrayed very well by Liana Liberato) problem whips back to when the Welsh first came to the Appalachian Mountains for the reason for the creation of the sin eater, throws in a romantic triangle then segues to a happy ending.
The major fault I found with the film, since my eyes are not what they used to be, is the number of scenes that take place in semi-darkness, but even then, that's something I'm getting used to and the film is definitely worth the eyestrain.