Priest (1994)
In a world of rituals, in a place of secrets, a man must choose between keeping the faith and exposing the truth.
Starring Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle
Directed by Antonia Bird
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.
Runtime: 98 min.
Rating: 6.6
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom
Genres: Drama,Romance
Keywords: secret,faith,conservative,girl,church,united kingdom,catholic priest,crisis of faith,woman director,abuse
Cast
Father Greg Pilkington
Father Matthew Thomas
Graham
Maria Kerrigan
Mrs. Unsworth
Mr. Unsworth
Lisa Unsworth
Father Ellerton
Tommy
Charlie
Bishop
Nurse
Altar Boy
Ellie Molloy
Patrick
Mick Molloy
Housekeeper
Father Redstone
Guest at wake
Sister Kevin
Boy at Beach
Chilean band leader
Funeral Director (as Jim R. Coleman)