The Priest's Children

The Priest's Children

Directed by Vinko Brešan

Produced by Zillion Film, Interfilm

201393 min6.5 / 10

A darkly comedic Mediterranean romp about a well-intentioned priest's misguided scheme to boost the island's birth rate, balancing satire of Catholic doctrine with warmth toward its flawed characters.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Priest's Children scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Priest's Children violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Priest's Children sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is The Priest's Children easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Does The Priest's Children end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity79

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise39

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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