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Calvary
- Director: John Michael McDonagh
- Writer: John Michael McDonagh
- Producer: Chris Clark; Elizabeth Eves
CGiii Comment
This will anger quite a few people...
Being one of the darkest 'comedies' ever made...it's nothing short of brilliant.
From the opening line...you have to see it to hear it...the stage is set for a who's-going-to-do-it and a savage assault on everything we hold dear...the Catholic church, slaughtered...the Health Service, butchered...the police, humiliated...the rural idyll, massacred.
You will laugh, you will cry, your jaw will drop to the floor...you'll experience fury like you have never experienced before.
By the end, all your emotions will be silenced...numbed.
An incredible, thought-provoking, roller-coaster of a film.
A sensation.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Father James is a small-town priest in Ireland whose Sunday confessionals suddenly include a threat to kill him in a week's time as a matter of principle. Deeply troubled and conflicted about how to respond, Father James tries to go on with his calling through that week. However, that proves impossible as he is confronted with a troubling variety of spiritual challenges from both his estranged daughter and his own parishioners. In those dispiriting struggles, Father James' life begins to fall apart as time runs out towards a confrontation that seems to crystallize his values and what he wants his life to be.
Cast & Characters
Brendan Gleeson as Father James Lavelle;
Chris O'Dowd as Jack Brennan;
Kelly Reilly as Fiona Lavelle;
Aidan Gillen as Dr. Frank Harte;
Dylan Moran as Michael Fitzgerald;
Isaach De Bankole as Simon;
M. Emmet Walsh as The Writer;
Marie-Josee Croze as Teresa;
Domhnall Gleeson as Freddie Joyce;
David Wilmot as Father Leary