Calvary Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Jan. 27, 2015

Calvary

Release Date: Friday, August 1, 2014 Limited

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

Director: John Michael McDonagh

Starring: Brendan Gleeson • Chris O'Dowd • Kelly Reilly • Aidan Gillen • Dylan Moran

R Comedy N/A

3.58 / 5.0

10% WILL SEE 90% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: 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.

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Who stars in Calvary – Cast List

Brendan Gleeson
... Father James Lavelle

H Is For Hawk, Troy
Chris O'Dowd
Molly's Game, THIS IS 40
Kelly Reilly
Here, A Haunting in Venice
A
Aidan Gillen
London Calling, Bohemian Rhapsody
D
Dylan Moran
Shaun of the Dead, Run, Fat Boy, Run
M
M. Emmet Walsh
Green and Gold, Christmas with the Kranks
Domhnall Gleeson
American Made, The Revenant

Who is making Calvary – Crew List

A look at Calvary behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director John Michael McDonagh last helmed The Forgiven and War on Everyone. The film's writer John Michael McDonagh last penned The Forgiven and War on Everyone.

Director: John Michael McDonagh
Screenwriter: John Michael McDonagh

Studios: Searchlight Pictures
Production Company: Reprisal Films

Production – What we know about the Calvary

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Jan 2014

Completed

Changed Calvary movie production status. Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to the blackly comedic drama Calvary.

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Additional Information

Parent 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

Calvary Trailers and Clips

Calvary

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Calvary Release Date: When was the film released?

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

The estimated home release date for Calvary is currently being determined. Stay tuned!