The Priest's Children

The Priest's Children

2013 · 93 min · HR · 6.4 (56 votes)
Dir. Vinko Brešan · Starring Krešimir Mikić, Nikša Butijer, Marija Škaričić, Dražen Kuhn, Jadranka Đokić, Lazar Ristovski · Music Mate Matišić
ComedyDrama

Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and the pharmacist Marin. After they abolish all forms of birth control on the entire island, the consequences become more and more complicated.

VIBE

This film feels like a darkly comedic, uncomfortable look at faith and unintended consequences. It's a thought-provoking, character-driven piece that will leave you pondering long after the credits roll.

darkly comedicsatiricaluncomfortablethought-provokingsteadyEuropean arthousecharacter-drivensocial commentaryfaithmoralityunintended consequencescommunity
mediterraneancondompriestcatholic priestdalmatiafertility