Calvary (2014) on Netflix
In confession, a man says he was abused by a priest and he will kill a good one in seven days. Father James, a small-town Irish priest, goes on tending his parish.
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- Rotten Tomatoes89%
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Plot summary
Father James Lavelle serves a small parish in rural Ireland. During confession, an unseen man says he was molested by a priest as a child, that the abuser is dead, and that he will kill a good priest in a week's time, on the beach. Bishop Montgomery tells James he may go to the police, since the penitent sought no forgiveness and the threat is a pending crime. James keeps to his duties while many in the parish meet him with antagonism. Veronica Brennan wears sunglasses at mass to cover a bruise, her husband Jack denies causing it, and the mechanic Simon tells James to mind his own business. Fiona, James's daughter, arrives after a suicide attempt; he says he entered the priesthood after her mother died.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Calvary (2014)
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- John Michael McDonagh conceived Calvary and wrote the screenplay while filming The Guard with Brendan Gleeson in late 2009; with other priest films in development involving abuse, he said his remit was to do the opposite and make a film about a good priest.
