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The Priest's Children

The Priest's Children

20136.51h 33m

Overview

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.

Directed by Vinko Brešan
Written by Mate Matišić, Vinko Brešan
Produced by Ivan Maloča
Box OfficeBudget: $1.8MRevenue: $1.4M

Top Cast

Krešimir Mikić

Krešimir Mikić

Don Fabijan

Nikša Butijer

Nikša Butijer

Petar

Marija Škaričić

Marija Škaričić

Marija

Dražen Kuhn

Dražen Kuhn

Marin

Jadranka Đokić

Jadranka Đokić

Luda Ana

Lazar Ristovski

Lazar Ristovski

Biskup

Goran Bogdan

Goran Bogdan

Jure

Z

Zdenko Botić

Don Jakov

Filip Križan

Filip Križan

Don Šimun

I

Ivan Brkić

Luka

Themes & Keywords

mediterraneancondompriestcatholic priestdalmatiafertility

About The Priest's Children

The Priest's Children is a comedy, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of mediterranean, condom, priest, catholic priest, dalmatia, fertility. Directed by Vinko Brešan, it stars Krešimir Mikić, Nikša Butijer, Marija Škaričić. 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.

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