Director:
Pablo LarraínCámara:
Sergio ArmstrongMúsica:
Carlos CabezasReparto:
Antonia Zegers, Alfredo Castro, Alejandro Goic, Alejandro Sieveking, Jaime Vadell, Marcelo Alonso, Roberto Farías, José Soza, Paola Lattus, Francisco ReyesSinopsis(1)
Bajo la atenta mirada de una mujer que los cuida, cuatro sacerdotes fugitivos viven en una pequeña casa de un pueblo costero. Todos ellos cometieron actos que los atormentan y se encuentran en este retirado hogar para olvidar sus pecados. Pronto descubriremos que esa mujer que los cuida es una monja y que la casa sirve de escondite para sacerdotes pecadores. Todos ellos consiguen establecer una rutina entrenando a un galgo de carreras hasta que un día llega un quinto sacerdote. Se trata de un pedófilo que les recuerda las desgracias de sus vidas pasadas. La frágil estabilidad que se había conseguido crear va a romperse rápidamente tras una serie de acontecimientos oscuros que provocarán la llegada de un sexto sacerdote que tiene como objetivo investigar lo que sucede en la casa. (Caramel Films Esp.)
(más)Reseñas (2)
(50th KVIFF) A peek into the rotten bowels of the Catholic Church. A house in the outskirts of a small fishing village in Chile where a group of excommunicated priests live; the Church has hidden them there before their transgressions could cause a scandal in the civilised world. They are watched by a nun and the group get over their boring life training a racing greyhound. The turning point comes when one of the priests, accused of sexually abusing little boys, commits suicide. This brings in an envoy from the Vatican tasked with sorting out the situation. But, as it becomes gradually clear, he won’t behave according to his virtuous Christian teachings, either. The Club is an unpleasant and unfriendly film to look at and it requires patience from the viewer. Unlike many other festival films, though, this one has something to say and says it without compromise or watering down. The climax is crushing, though it could have finished a few minutes earlier. 80 %
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Indefensibly tense form, disgusting visual, tendency toward extortion, abbreviated psychologization of characters and populist solution of moral dilemmas. The incredibly annoying character of Maradona, who was sodomized by a pastor in his youth, which is reflected in the fact that he runs around the countryside and describes the taste of sperm and the regularity of swallowing cocks. I was moved from heel to foreskin. From my point of view, a huge failure by a popular filmmaker. #kviff2015
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