Priest (1995)

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Directed by

Antonia Bird

Starring (View all)

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

Written by

Jimmy McGovern

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11 years, 5 months ago at Aug 15 19:10

HobbitHolly

Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.

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Director Antonia Bird's film centers on Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache), a devout Catholic priest who struggles with a love for his church and congregation -- and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover (Robert Carlyle). After hearing the confession of a young girl in his parish, who tells him her father is sexually abusing her, the priest is torn between the laws of the church and his need to choose one life over the other.

Release date: 17 February 1995
UPC: 717951003232

Tags: Drama (5), Romance (3), Incest (3), 1990s (3), British (2), Catholic (2), Priest (2), 1994 (2), Love (2), Glbt (2), Sin (1), Father-daughter Incest (1), Partial Gay Aspect (1), Not Romance (1), British Movie (1), (1), SnP (1), Sort (1)

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" Director Antonia Bird's film centers on Father Greg Pilkington, a devout Catholic priest who struggles with a love for his church and congregation -- and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover. After hearing the confession of a young girl in his parish, who tells him her father is sexually abusing her, the priest is torn between the laws of the church and his need to choose one life over the other. The film was considerably controversial, and critics felt it a really great film, w"