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Sinner is a 2007

2007 in film

This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

directed by Marc Benardout

Marc Benardout

Marc Benardout is a British film director and film producer. He is a distant relative of the American composer Irving Berlin and the French science fiction writer Jules Verne....

. It stars Nick Chinlund

Nick Chinlund

Zareh Nicholas "Nick" Chinlund is an American actor.-Early life:Chinlund was born in New York City. He attended the Friends Seminary in Lower Manhattan, later moving to Albany, NY in order to participate in Albany High School's varsity basketball program...

, Georgina Cates

Georgina Cates

Georgina Cates is an English actress of film and television.-Biography:Born Clare Woodgate in Colchester, Essex, she attended Colchester County High School for Girls and broke into television acting when she was only sixteen years old, playing the role of the original Jenny Porter on the BBC's...

, Michael E. Rodgers

Michael E. Rodgers

Michael E. Rodgers is a Scottish film, television and theater actor.He began his film career with a role in Gia with Angelina Jolie. Shortly thereafter, he went to work with Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Minnie Driver in feature film Uncorked and renowned director Allison Anders in Sugar Town...

, Tom Wright

Tom Wright (actor)

Tom Wright is a television and theatre actor. He was born in Englewood, New Jersey and attended West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania....

, and Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, Younger Brother in...

.

The film debuted on Showtime on April 3, 2009 and was released on DVD in June 2009 in North America by Matson Films

Matson Films

Matson Films is an American independent film distributor based in San Francisco. Founded in 2004, Matson Films specializes in the distribution, production and sales of independent feature films. Matson Films released the award-winning comedy Matson Films is an American independent film...

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Plot

A Catholic priest

Priesthood (Catholic Church)

The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. The ordained priesthood and common priesthood are different in function and essence....

, Father Anthony Romano (Nick Chinlund

Nick Chinlund

), intervenes with the police when his colleague attacks a drifter named Lil (Georgina Cates

Georgina Cates

). When Anthony reluctantly provides her asylum in his rectory, the brash hustler soon discovers a secret he has hidden from his diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

and parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

. Through this unlikely muse, Anthony finds a path to regain his honor and calling in a post-scandal world where priests are guilty until proven innocent.

Festivals

Sinner was chosen as an official selection in the 2007 Vail Film Festival

Vail Film Festival

The Vail Film Festival is a four-day film festival that has taken place annually in late March or early April in Vail, Colorado since 2004. The 2011 Vail film festival took place March 31 - April 3 in Vail, Colorado...

^{http://www.vailfilmfestival.org/index.php?p=news/032107}, 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival

Newport Beach Film Festival

The Newport Beach Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Newport Beach, California, that showcases more than 350 films to more than 30,000 attendees annually....

^{http://newportbeach.bside.com/2007/?_view=_filmdetails&mediaTab=blogs&filmId=16702125}, 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council Film and Video Festival

Brooklyn Arts Council Film and Video Festival

The BAC International Film and Video Festival is an independent film festival held in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City sponsored by the Brooklyn Arts Council.Established in 1966, the festival is the longest running event of its kind in Broooklyn...

^{http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/198}, 2007 Palm Beach International Film Festival

Palm Beach International Film Festival

The Palm Beach International Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Palm Beach, Florida which showcases over 120 films annually in April for over 20,000 attendees...

, 2007 Garden State Film Festival

Garden State Film Festival

The Garden State Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Asbury Park, New Jersey which showcases over 100 films annually over three days in March or April....

, 2007 Buffalo Niagara Film Festival

Buffalo Niagara Film Festival

The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Buffalo, New York which showcases over 35 films annually.The inaugural festival was held March 26-21, 2007...

^{http://www.buffaloniagarafilmfestival.com/archive/archive07.php}, and the 2007 Boston International Film Festival

Boston International Film Festival

The Boston International Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Boston, Massachusetts which showcases over 90 films annually....

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Awards

Best Feature Film (Narrative), 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival
Best Feature Film, 2007 Buffalo Niagara Film Festival
Best Director, 2007 Boston International Film Festival
Best Screenplay, 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival
Best Actor, 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival
Best Actress, 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival
Best Screenplay, 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival
Best Cinematography, 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival

Cast

Nick Chinlund
Nick Chinlund
Zareh Nicholas "Nick" Chinlund is an American actor.-Early life:Chinlund was born in New York City. He attended the Friends Seminary in Lower Manhattan, later moving to Albany, NY in order to participate in Albany High School's varsity basketball program...

- Anthony
Georgina Cates
Georgina Cates
Georgina Cates is an English actress of film and television.-Biography:Born Clare Woodgate in Colchester, Essex, she attended Colchester County High School for Girls and broke into television acting when she was only sixteen years old, playing the role of the original Jenny Porter on the BBC's...

- Lil
Michael E. Rodgers
Michael E. Rodgers
Michael E. Rodgers is a Scottish film, television and theater actor.He began his film career with a role in Gia with Angelina Jolie. Shortly thereafter, he went to work with Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Minnie Driver in feature film Uncorked and renowned director Allison Anders in Sugar Town...

- Stephen
Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif
Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, Younger Brother in...

- Caddie
Tom Wright
Tom Wright (actor)
Tom Wright is a television and theatre actor. He was born in Englewood, New Jersey and attended West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania....

- Officer Thomas

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