A parishioner tells Father James (Brendan Gleeson) in the confession
booth that he is going to kill him, in vengeance for the sexual abuse he
suffered as a child from another, now deceased, priest. Father James has until
next Sunday to put his affairs into order, before his death sentence at the
beach. An opportunity for reconciliation appears to Father James when his
daughter Fiona (Kelly Reilly) visits him after a suicide attempt, who felt
abandoned when her father went to join the clergy after her mother died. Despite
the threat against his life, Father James decides to carry on trying to help
his local congregation, including the local butcher Jack (Chris O’Dowd), his
adulterous wife Veronica (Orla O’Rourke), her boyfriend Simon (Isaach de Bankolé),
the foppish millionaire Michael Fitzgerald (Dylan Moore) and the embittered
young man Milo (Killian Scott) to name some.
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Monday, 11 May 2015
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
The Village (2004): *
In The Village, the
villagers live a simple life, cooking, cleaning, gardening and raising
livestock. Only trouble is they are troubled by the obliquely named ‘Those we
don’t speak of’, the creatures who lurk in the woods bordering the village,
held at bay by a truce to not enter each other’s lands. Despite this, two
villagers Lucius (Joaquin Phoenix) and Ivy (Bryce Dallas Howard) express a
desire to go into the woods, so they can buy medicine for the village. Complications
arise when the creatures start to threaten the village, leaving behind dead
livestock and marks on their houses.