Shooting Dogs (2005)

Hugh Dancy: Joe Connor

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• Joe Connor : Why are you doing this?

  Christopher : You asked me, Joe, where is God in everything that is happening here, in all the suffering? I know exactly where he is. He's right here. With these people. Suffering. His love is here. More intense and profound than I have ever felt. And my heart is here, Joe. My soul. And if I leave I think I may not find it again.

• Christopher : I'll see to that after Mass.

  Joe Connor : Mass?

  Christopher : I'm a priest in a Catholic country, Joe. This is what I do.

  Joe Connor : Yeah, sure. But do you think it is the best time for that?

  Christopher : In times of stress, people need to commune with God.

  Joe Connor : I think maybe they'd prefer some food, water, a spot of reassurance.

  Christopher : Well, come to Mass-get all three on the same ticket.

• Joe Connor : How much pain can a human being take? If you feel enough pain, does everything just shut down? Before you've done it.

  Christopher : I don't know, Joe.

  Joe Connor : Cause you think no one knew. You think that it'd be something... Something that you designed, you know, shed or fell. If you feel enough pain.

  Christopher : I hope so.

  Joe Connor : Yeah, God knows it. Maybe we should ask him. He's still around.