This is a dark one, folks.
Four defrocked priests live essentially under house arrest in a small Argentinian town, placed there by the Catholic church to hide its shame. Father Ortega (Alejandro Goic) kidnapped babies and sold them to foster parents, Father Silva (Jaime Vadell) is a straight-up war criminal, Father Ramirez (Alejandro Sieveking) has been there so long nobody even remembers why, and Father Vidal (Alfredo Castro) is just gay. They live in relative peace, training their greyhound and following the rules. But when a new priest (José Soza) shows up, is confronted by one of his molestation victims (Roberto Farías), and kills himself on the lawn, an investigation must be made. Father Garcia (Marcelo Alonso) is dispatched from the Vatican to make problems go away. The four ex-priests and their ex-nun jailer/accomplice (Antonia Zegers) must figure out how to get rid of Father Garcia before he shuts them down.
This would be an excellent double feature with Spotlight, but you're going to want something a lot lighter as a chaser. It's listed as "darkly comic" and maybe. If you consider the litany of Church abuses on display as a highlight reel.
Pablo Larraín is going to be one of those directors with an entire film course devoted to him in twenty years. The man is an incredible filmmaker. As hideously uncomfortable as The Club is to watch, it's a great movie. Not a fun movie, but extremely well-done. It's currently streaming on Kanopy.
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