Ethan

Robert Sampson portrays a young American priest in the Philippines who finds trouble afoot when he gives in to the sexual advances of a pretty local woman. He is hence maligned by his congregation and left to question his faith, and must choose between the cloth and the woman he loves. Sordid story culminates in a bitterly dispiriting finale.

This very minor and long-forgotten picture is too roundly professional to warrant a punishing obiter-dictum...gold stars across the board, in fact. The problem making ETHAN so hard to recommend lies mostly with what it's lacking, and the core premise iteslf which is naïve and hopelessly dated(and was so, even in its time, to be honest). Too, it's packed in a heavy syrup of Harlequin Romance sentimentality, and is, more than not, a rather idle-while effort.

ETHAN, admittedly, is more aptly handled than most films of lower tier origins, but ultimately emerges as little more than a handsomely packaged provision of no real importance which testifies to its own lingering obscurity. In the unlikely event of this picture crossing your path, a "low priority" placement is advised.

4/10.