Which movie from 1973 was about an outsider visiting an island to investigate an old-fashioned religious community? Most will say The wicker man but an Irish film from that year had a similar storyline. Martin Sheen (who's back in Ireland again making a new movie) is sent by Rome to help convince a monastry to say their mass in English. It seems to be set in the future as they also discuss abolishing private confession. They even mention clerical child abuse so it was discussed here back in the '70s. The major problem is that there are two many lengthy two-shots in the movie. Still, an interesting and forgotten made-for-TV film with some famous faces. The ending where the monks refuse to change is poignant.
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