confessional
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The film’s theatrical provenance reveals itself in long monologues in the Marilyn confessional room and Pedretti delivers one that reveals the depth beyond Cherry’s ditzy exterior.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
“I think I just pushed myself way past my limit,” she said in a confessional.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Harriet didn't mince her words when she won the opportunity to speak directly to the traitors, who were hidden away in the church confessional.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
On that fateful day in March when he sent Matthiesen that confessional email, Doyle strongly suggested that his disappearing act would be final.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
“Are you wondering how I know all this? Have you forgotten our meeting in the confessional? Or our nighttime rendezvous in the Sacca della Misericordia?”
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
