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Release Date:
24 March 1995 (USA) moreTagline:
In a world of rituals, in a place of secrets, a man must choose between keeping the faith and exposing the truth. morePlot:
Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache) is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Sudden Celebrity Led Roache To Take Two-Year Break (From WENN. 30 March 2009, 6:35 PM, PDT)
Weinsteins Court Christian Crowd
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 7 December 2006)
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Powerful and Intense moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Linus Roache | ... | Father Greg Pilkington | |
| Tom Wilkinson | ... | Father Matthew Thomas | |
| Robert Carlyle | ... | Graham | |
| Cathy Tyson | ... | Maria Kerrigan | |
| Lesley Sharp | ... | Mrs. Unsworth | |
| Robert Pugh | ... | Mr. Unsworth | |
| James Ellis | ... | Father Ellerton | |
| Christine Tremarco | ... | Lisa Unsworth | |
| Paul Barber | ... | Charlie | |
| Rio Fanning | ... | Bishop | |
| Jim R. Coleman | ... | Funeral director | |
| Bill Dean | ... | Altar boy | |
| Gilly Coman | ... | Ellie Molloy | |
| Fred Pearson | ... | Patrick | |
| Jimmy Gallagher | ... | Mick Molloy |
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Rated R for depiction of mature themes involving sexuality.Parents Guide:
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105 min | USA:98 min | Argentina:98 minCountry:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Argentina:18 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:III | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:RFun Stuff
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The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights were suitably outraged by the film's subject and its release date over the Easter weekend that they called for all their members to boycott anything Disney-related. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Father Greg holds up a communion wafer which is smooth. The scene cuts to Graham and then back to Father Greg, and the wafer has a diagonal line across it. moreQuotes:
Charge Sergeant: [Father Pilkington is being charged with public indecency] Occupation?[Father Pilkington is too embarrassed to answer]
Charge Sergeant: What's your job?
Father Greg Pilkington: Priest.
Charge Sergeant: Catholic?
Father Greg Pilkington: [quietly] Yes.
Charge Sergeant: [grinning] You little devil!
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The ending of this film at the communion rail, is the MOST powerful scene I have ever seen in any movie for a long long time. It will have you sobbing like a baby, guaranteed. Film is an emotion charged look at the Catholic Church's problems and cover-ups concerning a closeted guilt ridden gay priest's sexual desires, and a little girl being molested by her disgusting father who relates in the confessional not for penance, but to tell the priest it is his right and not to interfere. Priest has guilt over his sexuality and about the confession, but he can not tell about the girl because of church rules. Meanwhile it's found out about his being gay with parish congregation and church hierarchy is in an uproar. Linus Roache plays gay priest. His performance is outstanding. Very thought provoking movie. makes you think for weeks afterward about guilt and redemption. I gave it 10/10. This movie blew me away with it's intense plotting, powerful themes and the courage to film it with such insight. Recommend this film very highly but have a box of tissue for final 5 minutes. I warned you.