Film · Drama
Calvary
“Killing a priest on a Sunday. That’ll be a good one.”
20141h 41mDir John Michael McDonagh7.1TMDB
After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Top Cast
21 total
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 Bankolé
as Simon
M. Emmet Walsh
as The Writer
Marie-Josée Croze
as Teresa
The scene we cut
Say your prayers
A priest walks onto a beach to meet the man who said he would kill him.
Written for Gleeson after The Guard. McDonagh says it is the same character if he had gone into the church.
All the scenes we have cutIf you like this
Films in the same mood.
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
True Confessions
1981
The Padre
2018
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
Ken Park
2003
Traitor
2008
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