Into Temptation (film)

Into Temptation is a 2009 independent drama film written and directed by Patrick Coyle, and starring Jeremy Sisto, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Baumgartner, Bruce A. Young and Amy Matthews. It tells the story of a prostitute Chenoweth who confesses to a Catholic priest Sisto that she plans to kill herself on her birthday. The priest attempts to find and save her, and in doing so plunges himself into a darker side of society.

Father John Buerlein Jeremy Sisto is the mildmannered Catholic priest of a small parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Overworked and underpaid, he has grown jaded with the profession and has trouble connecting with his parishioners. During confession, a mysterious and unnamed prostitute Kristin Chenoweth confesses to a sin she has not yet committed she plans to commit suicide on her birthday. Father John is taken aback. The confession ends abruptly, and he is unable to stop the woman before she disappears. He only knows she wears a crucifix and is an Aries, which means her birthday is soon. Father John grows obsessed with finding and helping this woman, and begins visiting the citys redlight district with the hopes of finding her. On his way home, Father John meets a homeless man named Gus Gene Larche, but with no money for him, he gives him a rosary instead. Later, he seeks counsel from his friend Father Ralph OBrien Brian Baumgartner, who advises him not to become too personally involved.Father John returns to the redlight district and speaks to a prostitute named Miriam Greta Oglesby, who suggests a powerful pimp named James St. Clair Ansa Akyea might know about the woman. As they speak in a bar, the mysterious prostitute enters and solicits a john Patrick Coyle, who leaves with her immediately. As she goes, Father John catches a glimpse of the crucifix she is wearing and tries to chase her down. She leaves in the johns car before he can catch them, but he writes down the license plate as they drive off. Back at church, his sermons start to grow more unorthodox, and Father Ralph warns him that his unusual church manner and trips to the redlight district have the archbishop concerned. Meanwhile, Father John is contacted by his exgirlfriend Nadine Brennan Amy Matthews, who tells him she is divorcing her husband and still harbors romantic feelings for Father John. ........

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