Elyse Bouvier’s UNFOLDING FAITH is a look at the changing place of religion in her life and the life of her family. When she was young her father was a minister who traveled across the country preaching. However, that didn't pay the bills, and her dad became a teacher. Eventually he stepped away from the church. This sent shock waves through the family, Elyse after all viewed Jesus as her best friend. However, several decades later she found herself making the same move.
I loved this film a great deal. As someone who has been trying to figure out what I believe and feel this film really hit home. This is a film that presents a very real and very personal discussion about how we believe. By turning the camera on her family Bouvier gives us a discussion that is closer to home than almost every other similar film. The path to God is not high and mighty but closer to home, it's in a diner booth with her dad or at a table with her mom.
There is so much emotion and so many ideas that instead of sitting down and writing about the film I let it sit with me awhile. As much as I wanted to watch it again, I didn't because I had to figure out what I felt before I went back.
This is a great film.
The film is currently streaming via the National Film Board of Canada website (for those of you in Canada and the US) and is highly recommended.
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