Calvary Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Jan. 27, 2015

Calvary

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

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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.

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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The lead cast starring in Calvary.

Brendan Gleeson
... Father James Lavelle

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, Assassin's Creed
Chris O'Dowd
Bridesmaids, THIS IS 40
Kelly Reilly
Here, Flight
A
Aidan Gillen
The Lovers, Bohemian Rhapsody
D
Dylan Moran
Shaun of the Dead, Good Vibrations
M
M. Emmet Walsh
Green and Gold, Youth in Revolt
Domhnall Gleeson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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.

What we know about the Calvary movie production.

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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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

Watch official Calvary movie trailers and clips.

Comedy

Theatrical Trailer

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 Get On Up, Guardians of the Galaxy and The Olivia Experiment. As a limited release, Calvary was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.