The Club

"A bold, blunt, yet clinically intelligent film ... it's all at once a gripping thriller, an incendiary social critique and a mordant moral fable." — Jessica Kiang, The Playlist

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.

Awards & Festivals

• Chile's Official Selection for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 2016
• Special Presentation – Toronto International Film Festival 2015
• Official Selection – Berlin International Film Festival 2015
• Winner! Berlin Film Festival – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize 2015
• Official Selection – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• Official Selection – Fantastic Fest
• Winner! Fantastic Fest – Best Film
• Official Selection – Chicago International Film Festival
• Winner! Chicago Internation Film Festival  – Best Director, Best Ensemble & Best Screenplay
• Official Selection – AFI Latin American Film Festival
• Official Selection – Mill Valley Film Festival
• Official selection – Hamptons International Film Festival