Having spent most of his life in religious instruction, Gabriel returns to his hometown as its new preacher. The town is full of drinkers and gamblers, including Jim and Caroline, his younger brother and sister-in-law. Gabriel believes he must save the townspeople, especially Jim and Caroline and their unborn child. In the battle to save their souls, some amazing revelations take place.
Acting
Macfadyen's trembling intensity versus Mays' wounded defiance.
Direction
Kirk traps you in rooms where salvation feels like violence.
Director
Brian Kirk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brian Kirk directed this between episodes of 'Game of Thrones' and 'Boardwalk Empire' — his theatrical background shows in the suffocating chamber-piece staging.
Shot in Northern Ireland with deliberate 1950s ambiguity, the film channels post-Troubles religious trauma without naming it — the sectarian violence lurks just off-screen.
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