Calvary
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Writer: John Michael McDonagh
Producers: Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, James Flynn
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Marie-Josée Croze
John Michael McDonagh follows up The Guard with the top tier critical and Park City crowd-pleasing Calvary which once again showcases his skillset as a filmmaker and his genius association with Brendan Gleeson.
Gist: 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 in, and begins to wonder if he will have the courage to face his own personal Calvary.
Release Date: Fox Searchlight picked up the title from Sundance – look for further festival play dates and a theatrical release this year.
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