Pilgrimage (2017)

In 13th century Ireland, a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across an Irish landscape fraught with peril.

Director:

Brendan Muldowney

Writer:

Jamie Hannigan

Stars:

Tom Holland, Richard Armitage, Jon Bernthal

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nikos Karathanos	...	Saint Matthias
Akilas Karazisis	...	The Killer (as Akillas Karazisis)
Tom Holland	...	Brother Diarmuid - The Novice
Jon Bernthal	...	The Mute
John Lynch	...	Brother Ciarán - The Herbalist
Rúaidhrí Conroy	...	Brother Rua
Hugh O'Conor	...	Brother Cathal
Donncha Crowley	...	The Abbott
Stanley Weber	...	Brother Geraldus - The Cistercian
Peter Cosgrove	...	Gaelic Warrior
Lochlann O'Mearáin	...	Lopsided
Richard Armitage	...	Raymond De Merville
Tristan McConnell	...	Dugald
David O'Reilly	...	Greybeard
Gaëtan Wenders	...	Fournier (as Gaetan Wenders)

Storyline

Ireland, 1209. An island on the edge of the world. A small group of monks begin a reluctant pilgrimage across an island torn between centuries of tribal warfare and the growing power of Norman invaders. Escorting their monastery's holiest relic to Rome, the monks' progress is seen through the eyes of a pious young novice and a mute lay-brother with a violent past. As the true material, political and religious significance of the bejeweled relic becomes dangerously apparent, their path to the east coast becomes increasingly fraught with danger. The monks belatedly realize that in this wild land of ancient superstitions, the faith that binds them together may ultimately lead to their destruction.

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Plot Keywords:

monk | relic | ireland | pilgrimage | mute character | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Ireland Belgium USA

Language:

English Irish French Latin

Release Date:

11 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Peregrinação

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Box Office

Budget:

€4,749,500 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Savage Productions, Irish Film Board, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

To prepare for his role, Jon Bernthal spent first few weeks of shooting completely silent, even when he's not on set.

User Reviews

Much better than expected based on its trailer.

PILGRIMAGE (2017)

This is the new film from the Irish director of the excellent 2009 flick called SAVAGE about an assault on a news reporter in Dublin (and it's aftermath) and I gotta say, if Werner Herzog had made this film rather than one about an Amazonian trek he wudda been quite happy.

The film is set in the early 1200s in Ireland where superstition and the struggle for Christian domination of the country are rife and there, an envoy from Rome is sent to collect a supposedly sacred relic from some rural monks and bring it back to the holy city.

The movie is grim, and conveys the horrible conditions people existed/lived in back then perfectly (the bloody weather looks the same as Ireland has now though haha). It's highly atmospheric, with bleak Irish landscapes, and the acting is top notch with the film basically being a dangerous road trip carrying the relic to a ship that's waiting for them in Waterford (to sail across to France and onward to Rome).

The fact that the film is recorded in Irish, French, and English adds a brilliant realism to proceedings which echoes the situation at the time with Ireland being infringed upon from all sides, and along the way things get very messy and bloody (one death is particularly gruesome).

I'm sure there wasn't a huge Hollywood budget for PILGRIMAGE but they've kept things really concentrated and its certainly exceeds what you might expect to be straight to video cheese.

This is the third film I've seen by Brendan Muldowney and I think the guy has some talent. I will be looking out for his next film and if you haven't already caught SAVAGE Id check that out too.