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The Village (1993)

May 01, 1993 Animation 0h 14m
75%
User Score
7.5/10

Overview

A village is ruled by the church, but is filled with hypocritical sinners who constantly spy on each other. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.

Mark Baker
Director

Top Billed Cast

Dave Western
Dave Western

voice
Annie Griffin
Annie Griffin

voice
James Baker
James Baker

voice

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on June 19, 2025

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 each spying on the other as they pinch some fruit, or sneak off for a clandestine bit of furious jogging, or even hoard their gold in their room. It’s a bit like the seven deadly sins rolled into one theatrically shaped building. Then one of their number allows greed to get the better of him, and that sets in train a series of events that pitches this small community against one of their number whose days look numbered. Can he find a way out of the dungeon? It’s a wonderful, if mayb...

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