Ave Maryam

Ave Maryam is a 2019 Indonesian drama film, revolving around a Catholic sister and pastor engaging in a forbidden romantic relationship. The film, which lacked speech, won two awards and was a failed candidate for the Indonesian entry of the 92nd Academy Awards.

Romo Yosef

[looking at a graveyard, indirectly talking to Maryam] If we are scared of death, we soon realized we are still alive. Pride becomes the most cherished thing in this world.
Those who get themselves involved in the miracles given to others will never find the miracles given to them.
Why bother questioning whether we have sinned, if God can only be met through questions?

Maryam

[to Yosef] Everything has its limits, Romo.
[to Yosef, when asked to go out; sounded annoyed] Sorry, it's night time.

Monic

As time passes, he grew and grew and became a stronger person. Until one day, when he decides to be a pastor. And to him, if it is what he is, make it a better thing to have.

[to Romo Yosef regarding his seemingly-romantic friendship with Maryam] If our lives are controlled by desires, that will be the most deadly sin. Never promise something you can't keep or imagine.
[to Maryam after her romantic relationship with Yosef is exposed. Maryam is crying in front of her] I know what you are feeling now. Trying to keep the vow, but always fall into the hole of Sin. If Heaven is undecided for me, why should I meddle in your anguish?
Not all lies are sins. Let your prayer be your secret, as in how you let your sins be your secret.

Mila

[to Yosef on Maryam's fall into sin] Sometimes people think they know what they're doing, but the truth is, they don't. [silence] Romo, God is never wrong. Sometimes, it's the humans who fucked it up in the process.

Dialogue

[At a diner, Yosef and Maryam are having a dinner. An English film is playing in the background, which in the film, acts as a ventriloquism dummy]

Woman: So, tell me a bit more about yourself.

Man: I'm afraid there's nothing more to tell.

Woman: Why?

Man: Because I never knew my parents.

Woman: Do you like music? Life is sometimes like a piano.

Man: I think music can exist without the world, but the world cannot exist without music.

Woman: And what about your love?

[Sometime later after her leaving, Maryam goes to the church to confess her sins. Unbeknownst to her, Yosef is the one hearing her]

Maryam: In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Yosef: Tell me, what has worried you.

Maryam: Father, on the road of following you, oh Jesus Christ, I met someone who filled my heart, a soulless one. That through warmth and love colored my life. And that made my actions the opposite of your wishes. I fell in love with a pastor. I hated myself for this. I beg your mercy over my weakness. [cries uncontrollably]

[silence]

Yosef: Now declare your forgiveness, in the name of Christ, and I will forgive you, in the name of Christ.

Maryam: God the Great, I regret my sins. If I were to be punished by You, especially since I have belittled you, the Loving the Merciful to me. I hated myself. I beg your mercy, and I promise not to sin again. God, forgive me, the Sinned. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

[Yosef is unable to respond, he falls, crying, whilst needing to remain silent to seal his identity]

Song

You are what I believe

You are a matter to conceive

The Sacred Heart...

Above the sky....

Lay your hands softer than air

Hold me nothing can compare

Who says loving is a sin?

Forever let this never end

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