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Synopsis: Alex Bernier (Ledger) is a member of an arcane order of priests known as Carolingians. When the head of the order dies, Alex is sent to Rome to investigate mysterious circumstances surrounding the death. The body bears strange marks on the chest which may or may not be the sign of a Sin Eater (Furmann), a renegade who offers absolution, last rites and therefore a path to heaven outside the jurisdiction of the church. Alex enlists the aid of his old comrade Father Thomas (Addy) and of a troubled artist (Sossamon) upon whom he once performed an exorcism. He soon finds himself plunged into a mystery only to find himself at the heart of it.
Director(s): Brian Helgeland
Production: 20th Century Fox
 
IMDB:
5.2
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8%
R
Year:
2003
102 min
$7,536,577
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Here we are.

Time to see Chirac.

Who is he anyways?

A rising darkness.

A rising darkness?

We're looking for Rosalinda.

Sure. She's over there.

Girl with the faraway eyes.

We need you to take us to Chirac.

Don't start your posturing,

you pagan worshipping pig.

You owe me a debt.

My friend and I

are looking for the other.

Just what does he mean

by the dying?

-

-

Ask him.

Oh, sh*t. Uh-

Where- Where can I find the sin eater?

The other will find you.

Upon the stone where all is built-

he brings you claves...

regni caelorum.

Claves regni caelorum?

The keys to the kingdom of heaven.

Upon the stone

where all is built.

Upon the stone

where all is built.

Ah, I hate riddles.

Petrus, stone. Petram.

Peter is the stone upon which all,

right, the church is built.

St. Peter's.

Well, the other will find me then.

St. Peter's. Doesn't anyone

just meet for coffee anymore?

- And he will bring you claves regni-

Alex!

Come on.

Let's get out of here.

Thomas.

Thomas.

No point in hangin' around.

Thomas!

Tommy, love.

How long have you

been a priest, Thomas?

Certain pleasures

are forever out of reach.

- Denied.

- Thomas!

Leave it for a sunny day.

Come on.

All mouth and no trousers.

Remember that girl

in Dublin? Megan was her name.

Did you feel foolish, Tommy?

In love with a whore.

Thomas?

It's personal. Ignore it.

The first and only lesson, remember?

Tommy love. Oh, Tommy.

I love you, Tommy.

- Come on, mate.

- Never give them an inch.

- Tommy.

- Not one f***in' inch!

Thomas? Thomas! Thomas!

In the name of God

and Jesus Christ...

to hell with you!

I love you, Tommy.

I'll pray for you, Tommy.

- Thomas!

Sh*t!

I said there was no point

in hanging around.

You never laugh, Alex.

It's not good for the soul.

I thought you might

be the nurse.

- Thomas, what happened? Where's Alex?

- He's off in search of coffee.

As for me, I was hoisted up

by me own petard.

Mara, if I can ask...

what happened

between you and Alex?

It's okay.

If I was embarrassed,

I'd wear bracelets.

My little brother was murdered,

and they brought Alex in to consult.

The Filmore murders.

Dominic sent Alex.

That was his first time on his own.

Mara, I hear confession all the time.

Nightingales.

- What about them?

Those are the birds

that I'd hear singing...

right before

the headaches started.

These headaches,

they'd go on for weeks.

They were... blinding.

So, I did this,

and even that didn't help.

Alex performed an exorcism.

Yeah.

Alex took away my pain...

and I fell in love with a priest

who couldn't love me back.

Love.

You traded one pain for another.

Something terrible is gonna

happen to Alex, Thomas.

I don't know what it is...

but I know that

it's worse than death.

Am I the answer to your prayer?

My friends call me William.

William Eden.

- I'm not your friend.

-

That remains to be seen.

I know what you're feeling, Alex,

and you're right.

God exists.

He just doesn't give a damn.

Magnificence.

Flesh rots.

St. Peter's remains.

This impossible dome, Alex...

it was raised by my brother

when I was still a boy.

Blood and sweat built this...

not faith.

It was Michelangelo who drew

the dome on a piece of paper...

but it was left to my brother

to figure out a way...

to raise it halfway to heaven...

and it was my honor, each day

to bring him something to eat...

- and ask him of the world outside of my own.

- Papa?

Hey, William.

You brought some food.

Thank you.

Tell me a story, Phillip,

a story ofJerusalem.

Jerusalem?

- Phillip!

Phillip!

Phillip!

He's dying.

I can give no absolution.

He was excommunicated

last year in Jerusalem.

Good enough to

build God's house...

but not to let him

enter his kingdom.

Is that it?

William, go.

Fetch the sin eater.

In Jerusalem, my brother gave

a dying Arab a drink of water.

There was no well,

so he gave him holy water.

My brother gave the church

his youth in Jerusalem...

his blood at St. Peter's,

but when he lay dying...

they deserted him.

When his soul stretched out,

caught between heaven and hell...

it was the other

who delivered him.

It was the other

who gave him peace.

I always loved

my brother, Alex...

but the church I grew to hate.

This... is the other way.

I can teach you...

if you are willing.

I was willing.

And so, I was taught.

Did you kill Dominic Sousa?

The church killed him.

He died when

he was excommunicated.

His body continued on a while,

but his spirit was dead.

That's a lie.

He was, Alex. He was ruined,

broken, not playacting.

Don't talk to me of lies.

I lost it in 1602.

I had dinner with Caravaggio

and drank too much wine.

It's a means-

an instrument for ridding the world

of the other.

Answer my question.

Did you kill Dominic?

He killed himself, Alex,

after the church abandoned him...

after they took away

his reason to live.

They did to him as they did

to my brother, Alex.

And you know what I did?

You know what

I did for Dominic?

I gave him absolution.

I took on the burden of his sins,

and I gave him peace.

Not the church- I.

So don't talk to me of lies, Alex.

Dominic was like a father to me.

I'm just trying to understand.

Come with me.

Every fear hides a wish.

Don't you think?

So what is it

to be a sin eater?

What is it not to be one?

I know of no other way to be.

It seems beyond a man's judgment.

Forgiveness is God's domain.

I'm just an instrument.

Like any great power,

it depends on how it's used.

- And how do you use it?

- As I see fit.

I'm not a threat to the church.

I'm an insult, an embarrassment.

But you're a Carolingian.

You know how it feels to be outside.

I serve the church.

Serve yourself.

Get Alex some fresh clothes

and a hot bath if he would like.

And then take him someplace quiet

where he can sit.

If you would like anything,

anything can be arranged.

- How long have I been asleep for?

- A few hours.

What is it you want, Alex?

- I want to learn the truth.

- Truth?

The terrible thing about searching for

the truth is that sometimes you find it.

Not to mention it makes you

very unwelcome at parties.

It makes you unwelcome anywhere,

even in church.

Who are you?

I'm all that remains when

everything else turns to dust.

But to put it simply, Alex,

I'm very, very tired.

Are you a man?

I sh*t. I f***.

I shave. Does that

make me a man?

Can you die?

You tell me.

I laugh. I cry.

Once, I loved.

Does that make me a man?

I don't know. What about you, Alex?

Are you a man?

- I'm a priest.

- You understand the difference...

the truth of it.

Good.

Do you remember what Keats said

about the truth?

"Beauty is truth. Truth is beauty."

Keeping that in mind...

my original question,

what is it you want?

The truth...

or something beautiful?

Something beautiful.

Beauty is truth, Alex.

Does your oasis have a name?

Mara.

- Her name is Mara.

- So say it.

Say what you want, Alex.

If it's the truth, then

why be afraid? Say it.

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Brian Helgeland

Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is most known for writing the screenplays for L.A. Confidential (for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), Mystic River, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Helgeland also wrote and directed 42 (2013), a biopic of Jackie Robinson, and Legend (2015), about the rise and fall of the Kray twins. more…

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