Irish drama Calvary next KFS film
The third film in the Kamloops Film Society Fall 2014 series will be John Michael McDonagh’s Irish drama “Calvary,” starring Brendan Gleeson.
Thursday, Oct, 16, 7 p.m.
Paramount Theatre (5th and Victoria)
CALVARY (Ireland, 2014) R, Drama, 105 minutes
Directed and Written by John Michael McDonagh
Starring Brendan Gleeson
Brendon Gleeson in Calvary.
Brendan Gleeson (“The Guard” and “The Grand Seduction”) stars as Father James, a good priest who, after he is threatened during confession, 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 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.
“Anchored by a truly sensational performance from Gleeson, this unexpected blend of passion play, detective story, rural comedy and serious inquiry into faith is destined for classic status” (Andrew Lowry, ”Total Film”)
Tickets are available in advance at MovieMart (444 St. Paul) and at the Paramount Theatre Monday through Wednesday evenings the week of the screening, or at the door on the Thursday evening screening. A $2 annual membership in the Kamloops Film Society is required. Please bring your 2014 blue membership card to each screening.
New: on-line tickets for each of the KFS series films are now available. Visit kamloopsfilmsociety.ca, click on Film Series and then Tickets.
— Tom Friedman, Chair, Kamloops Film Society
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your summary clearly indicates that the priest has a fragile daughter. SINCE THIS ISA FILM ABOUT THE Catholic Church in Ireland, I am puzzled. Would you like to rewrite that sentence so I can understand it? would appreciate.
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Just working with what I’m given by the KFS. In checking various summaries of the movie on various sites, they all read pretty much the same. Rotten Tomatoes, for example, states, “Although he continues to comfort his own fragile daughter (Kelly Reilly) and reach out to help members of his church with 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.” However, rogerebert.com explains that the priest played by Brendan Gleeson “took the vows after his wife, Fiona’s mother, died years earlier….” Fiona being his daughter. We better go see the movie to be sure.
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