The Club
In this Berlinale Silver Bear winner by Pablo Larraín (No, Post Mortem), the idyll of four Chilean ex-priests sequestered in a house by the Catholic Church is shattered when a fifth member arrives and commits suicide, setting off a series of events that call into question faith, piety, and complicity.
Pablo Larraín (director of No and Post Mortem) continues to explore the long shadows of Chile’s recent past with this quietly scathing film about the Catholic Church’s concealment of clerical misconduct. Four aging former priests peacefully live out their days together in a dumpy seaside town, focused on training their racing greyhound rather than doing penance for their assorted crimes. Their idyll is shattered when a fifth priest arrives and, confronted by one of his victims, commits suicide. A young priest begins an investigation into the retirees’ pasts, setting off a series of events that call into question faith, piety, and complicity. Winner of the Silver Bear at the 2015 Berlinale and Chile’s Oscar submission. A Music Box Films release.
Original and brilliantly acted.
—Scott Foundas, Variety
Deliciously ironic, tragic, painful and perfect.
—Jessica Kiang, The Playlist
Confirms Larraín as one of the more genuine talents working in cinema today.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
A boisterous denunciation of the Catholic Church.
—Yonca Talu, Film Comment
Remarkable.
—Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
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