The Village

A village is ruled by the church, but is filled with hypocritical sinners who constantly spy on each other.

Cast

Dave Western

as voice

Annie Griffin

as voice

James Baker

as voice

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Anyone else think the score here reminded them of the Ian Richardson “House of Cards” (1990)? Anyway, it’s a monastic retreat where people all live in harmony with each other, except - well, they don’t. The priest could drink his own bodyweight in wine each day amidst a collection of nosey residents...

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