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| Brendan Gleeson as Father James - Calvary |
Calvary can best be described as a dark film and represents a departure from many of Brendan Gleeson's most recent roles. Director John Michael McDonagh who also directed the brilliant black humoured film, The Guard, which also had Brendan Gleeson in the lead role, has taken a decidedly different approach with this story. Gleeson's role is as Father James, a Catholic priest, who is threatened with death during confession by one of his parishioners, a victim of sexual abuse as a child. The would-be assassin has decided the only method to address this matter is to kill an innocent priest and he gives Father James one week to get his personal matters in order. The timeline of the week is followed in linear fashion as Father James confronts the motley collection of villagers, each of whom may have a reason to assassinate him. During this time, Father James must also reconcile with his own adult daughter who has suffered from drug addiction but is now seeking to rebalance her life.
Described as a 'twisted humorous journey' or 'blackly comic drama', this film is quite stark and is closer to brazen satire than humour with a devastating conclusion.
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