The Catholic Church child abuse scandals are back into the national
conversation, and for that we can thank “Spotlight.” But the awards
favorite is not really about the scandals; it’s about journalism. The
priests and the highers-ups are barely shown, and you get the sense that
filmmaker Tom McCarthy would rather, you know, not go there.
“The Club” will go there. This Chilean drama, which is partly a somewhat absurdist almost-comedy, opens with a man of the cloth beginning his stint at a home for disgraced priests. Soon as he’s arrived he’s hounded by one of his very troubled former victims. Named Sandokan (Roberto Farias), he shouts graphic descriptions of the atrocities he endured as a child, loud enough for everyone in town to hear. It’s not clear what he wants, and he’s only temporarily satisfied when his former abuser shuffles outside holding a gun and shoots himself in the head.
http://www.metro.us/entertainment/the-club-is-an-angry-humane-look-at-the-catholic-church-abuse-scandal/zsJpbe---y0LAgSOf80cW/
“The Club” will go there. This Chilean drama, which is partly a somewhat absurdist almost-comedy, opens with a man of the cloth beginning his stint at a home for disgraced priests. Soon as he’s arrived he’s hounded by one of his very troubled former victims. Named Sandokan (Roberto Farias), he shouts graphic descriptions of the atrocities he endured as a child, loud enough for everyone in town to hear. It’s not clear what he wants, and he’s only temporarily satisfied when his former abuser shuffles outside holding a gun and shoots himself in the head.
http://www.metro.us/entertainment/the-club-is-an-angry-humane-look-at-the-catholic-church-abuse-scandal/zsJpbe---y0LAgSOf80cW/