The Club (El club) (2015)

Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Director: Pablo Larraín
Writers: Guillermo Calderón, Pablo Larraín, Daniel Villalobos
Starring: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers, Marcelo Alonso

In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings. Their fragile stability is disrupted by the arrival of an emissary from the Vatican who seeks to understand the effects of their isolation, and a newly-disgraced housemate. Both bring with them the outside world from which the men have long been removed, and the secrets they had thought deeply buried.

The Club is acclaimed director Pablo Larraín's taut, blackly comic commentary on individual responsibility, organized religion and the combustible combination of the two.

Plot summary from IMDb: Four catholic priests, now excommunicated, share a secluded house in a small coastal house of Chile where they are are supposed to atone for their sins. Their quiet routine, placed under the supervision of Mother Monica, is disturbed by the coming of a fifth man. The newcomer, a pedophile, appears as a most unwelcome reminder of their own tainted lives...

Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 17 wins & 20 nominations.
Runtime: 98 min
Not R