Description
The Reckoning DVD 2003 Ördögi színjáték / Directed by Paul McGuigan / Starring: Paul Bettany, Willem Dafoe, Tom Hardy, Gina McKee, Brian Cox, Simon McBurney
UPC 5999545560856
MADE IN HUNGARY
REGION 2 PAL DVD
Audio: English 5.1, Hungarian 5.1
Subtitle: Hungarian
Playtime: 110 minutes
English Summary:
The Reckoning, also known as Morality Play (and as El misterio de Wells in Spain), is a 2003 British-Spanish murder mystery drama film directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Paul Bettany, Willem Dafoe, Tom Hardy, Gina McKee, Brian Cox and Vincent Cassel. It was written by Mark Mills and based on the 1995 novel Morality Play by Barry Unsworth. Filming was done on location in Spain, Wales, and England.
In 1380 England, the priest Nicholas (Bettany) flees his village when found in flagrante delicto with a married woman. During flight he witnesses a group that has euthanased a member to give relief from his long recurring internal pain. He becomes known to the group and is captured. The group is a travelling acting troupe who think he is a robber and they explain the killing. Reluctantly, they allow him to join their troupe to replace the member killed. On their journey to the next town they are forced to travel to a new district after a collapsed bridge stops them taking their normal route and to mend the cart that carries their goods although they have no money. The troupe reach a strange town with castle under reconstruction and find a woman being sentenced to death for killing a boy upon the testimony of Benedictine Monk Simon Damian (Ewen Bremner). The troupe perform a biblical passion play, but, as told by the group's leader Martin (Willem Dafoe), so few attend they are unable to bury the dead troupe member and fix their cart.
Hungarian Summary:
A menekülő pap csatlakozik egy vándorszínész társulathoz. Hamarosan egy kisvárosba érnek, ahol éppen halálra ítélnek egy asszonyt boszorkányság és gyilkosság vádjával. A kis csapat megérzi, hogy itt valami nincs rendjén, és nyomozásba kezdenek. Kiderül, hogy az asszony ártatlan, de erről hogyan győzzék meg az ott lakókat? S hogyan szerezzenek bizonyítékokat a valódi tettesekről? Bibliai példázatokból színpadi játékokat állítanak össze és a nézőket is bevonják az előadásba. Szép lassan a közönség soraiból előkerülnek szemtanúk, egyre több olyan tényre derül fény, ami bizonyítja az asszony ártatlanságát. Az egyház hatalma egyértelműen befolyásolja és megfélemlíti az ott élőket, de a üldözött pap segítségével megtalálják az igazi tetteseket. A film végére kiderül az is, hogy miért is üldözték el a nyomozó szentatyát, ő pedig meghozza a maga áldozatát a jó ügy érdekében.
Cast / Szereplők:
- Paul Bettany as Nicholas
- Willem Dafoe as Martin
- Brian Cox as Tobias
- Gina McKee as Sarah
- Simon McBurney as Stephen
- Tom Hardy as Straw
- Stuart Wells as Springer (as George Wells)
- Ewen Bremner as Simon Damian
- Mark Benton as Sheriff
- Hamish McColl as Innkeeper
- Matthew Macfadyen as King's Justice
- Marián Aguilera as Nicholas' lover
- Trevor Steedman as The cuckold husband
Vincent Cassel as Lord De Guise, a character evoking strong similarities to Gilles de Rais, an actual 15th-century serial child killer (who Cassel portrayed in the 1999 film The Messenger)
Directed by | Paul McGuigan |
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Produced by | Caroline Wood |
Screenplay by | Mark Mills |
Based on | Morality Play by Barry Unsworth |
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Cinematography | Peter Sova |
Edited by | Andrew Hulme |
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Language | English |