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CALVARY's Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is a good priest who is faced with sinister and troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member of his parish. Although he continues to comfort his own fragile daughter (Kelly Reilly) and reach out to help members of his church with their various scurrilous moral - and often comic - problems, he feels sinister and troubling forces closing ...
Jul 4, 2014 · Manon de Reeper is the founder and CEO of Film Inquiry, and a screenwriter/producer. Her directorial debut, a horror short film, is forthcoming in 2021. Calvary follows the life of a a Catholic priest (Brendan Gleeson) after he receives a death threat, and with dark humor, observes human nature. A must-see.
Calvary. The role of Freddie Joyce is played by Brendan Gleeson's real-life son Domhnall Gleeson. The two actors share only one scene together. Brendan Gleeson and John Michael McDonagh came up with the character of Father James at the end of their collaboration on The Guard (2011). It was tailored specifically for Brendan Gleeson, who in turn ...
Calvary. 77 Metascore. 2014. 1 hr 40 mins. Drama. R. Watchlist. In this gripping black comedy, a priest whose life is threatened during confession tries to comfort his delicate-minded daughter as ...
Calvary was a Limited release in 2014 on Friday, August 1, 2014. There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including Get On Up, Guardians of the Galaxy and What If. As a Limited release, Calvary will only be shown in select movie theaters across major markets. Please check Fandango and Atom Tickets to see if the film is playing in ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Lavelle’s ordeal in Calvary is a kind of dramatized analogy of Girard’s theory. The film is unrelentingly bleak in its portrayal of the human condition without God. Lavelle’s parishioners are both deeply depraved—adulterers, apostates, thieves, and murderers—and deeply pathetic, wounded by senseless evils that seem to defy explanation.
Sep 5, 2014 · A good priest walks a hard road in a difficult, deeply moving film. Steven D. Greydanus News September 5, 2014. Calvary opens with one the most excruciating lines of dialogue I can recall ever ...
