Heavenly Pursuits is a 1985 British comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Charles Gormley

Charles Gormley

Charles Gormley was a Scottish film director.His films included Living Apart Together and Heavenly Pursuits ....

 and was released in 1985. It stars Tom Conti

Tom Conti

Thomas "Tom" Conti is a Scottish actor, theatre director and novelist.-Early life:Born Thomas Conti in Paisley, Renfrewshire, he was brought up Roman Catholic, but he considers himself anti-religious...

 and Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...

, as well as future Trainspotting

Trainspotting (film)

Trainspotting is a 1996 British satirical/drama film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. The movie follows a group of heroin addicts in a late 1980s economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life...

star Ewen Bremner

Ewen Bremner

-Early life:Bremner was born in Edinburgh, the son of two art teachers. He attended Davidson's Mains Primary School and Portobello High School. He originally wanted to be a circus clown, but was offered a chance in show business by television director Richard D. Brooks. One of his first notable...

 in a minor role.

Plot

The Blessed Edith Semple is in line to become the next Scottish saint, providing that she can be held responsible for two other miracles. In the Glasgow Catholic state school which bears her name, cynical schoolteacher Vic Matthews (Conti) is accomplishing his own brand of miracles as a teacher of remedial schoolchildren while pursuing fellow colleague Ruth (Mirren). Then inexplicable things start happening in Vic’s life …

Locations

The film was shot in various Glasgow locations, including the City Chambers

Glasgow City Chambers

The City Chambers in Glasgow, Scotland has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of civic government in the city since 1889, located on the eastern side of the city's George Square...

 (standing in for the Vatican) and Queen Street railway station

Glasgow Queen Street railway station

Glasgow Queen Street is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland, the smaller of the city's two main line railway termini and the third-busiest station in Scotland. It is between George Street to the south and Cathedral Street Bridge to the north, at the northern end of Queen Street adjacent to...

.