Calvary Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Jan. 27, 2015

Calvary

Release Date: Friday, August 1, 2014 Limited

Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Reilly, M. Emmet Walsh, Aidan Gillen, Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, John Michael McDonagh, Dylan Moran

Set in Sligo, Ireland, Calvary is a blackly comic drama about a good priest tormented by various member of his community.

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Set in Sligo, Ireland, Calvary is a blackly comic drama about a good priest tormented by various member of his community.

Plot

What's the story about?

Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is a good priest who 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 (Kelly Reilly) 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.

Cited as official plot version from foxsearchlight.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Calvary.

Brendan Gleeson
... Father James Lavelle

Kingdom of Heaven, Joker: Folie à Deux
Chris O'Dowd
THIS IS 40, Pirate Radio
Kelly Reilly
Here, Flight
A
Aidan Gillen
Bohemian Rhapsody, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
D
Dylan Moran
Shaun of the Dead, Good Vibrations
M
M. Emmet Walsh
Christmas with the Kranks, Green and Gold
Domhnall Gleeson
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

Crew Behind the Film

The Calvary behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director John Michael McDonagh last directed The Forgiven and War on Everyone. The film's writer John Michael McDonagh last wrote The Forgiven and War on Everyone.

Director: John Michael McDonagh
Screenwriter: John Michael McDonagh

Studios: Searchlight Pictures
Production Company: Reprisal Films

Additional Information

MPA Rating: R Restricted for sexual references, language, brief strong violence and some drug use
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official Calvary movie trailers and clips.

Comedy

Calvary Theatrical Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the Calvary movie production.

Production Updates

Jan 2014

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed. Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to the blackly comedic drama Calvary.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Calvary was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, August 1, 2014. There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Get On Up and What If. As a limited release, Calvary was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

United States

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