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The Reckoning (2003) -- A priest on the lam takes up with a traveling band of actors, who then discover a murder has occurred and try to solve it by recreating the crime in a play.
The Reckoning (2003) -- A priest on the lam takes up with a traveling band of actors, who then discover a murder has occurred and try to solve it by recreating the crime in a play.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Barry Unsworth (novel)
Mark Mills (screenplay)
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Release Date:
26 February 2004 (Hungary) more
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The truth shall come to light
Plot:
A priest on the lam takes up with a traveling band of actors, who then discover a murder has occurred and try to solve it by recreating the crime in a play. full summary | add synopsis
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2 nominations more
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Push (review)
 (From FlickFilosopher. 6 February 2009, 4:14 AM, PST)

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A well told well acted story. more (46 total)

Cast

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Paul Bettany ... Nicholas
Marián Aguilera ... Nicholas' Lover
Trevor Steedman ... Jealous Husband

Simon McBurney ... Stephen
Tom Hardy ... Straw

Brian Cox ... Tobias

Willem Dafoe ... Martin
Gina McKee ... Sarah
Stuart Wells ... Springer (as George Wells)

Vincent Cassel ... Lord De Guise

Elvira Mínguez ... Martha
Richard Durden ... Town Justice

Ewen Bremner ... Simon Damian
Mark Benton ... Sheriff
Hamish McColl ... Innkeeper
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Also Known As:
El misterio de Wells (Spain)
Morality Play
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MPAA:
Rated R for some sexuality and violent images.
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112 min
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Continuity: Brother Simon Damien is shown holding a pen in his left hand, but the position of the quill in the scenes where it is writing indicate a right-handed grip. more
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Lord De Guise: You want to know why... I did what I did? Because I wanted to... and because... I could. more

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18 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
A well told well acted story., 23 November 2004

A gem of a film. Artistic without being pretentious, moving without being cliché. Paul Bettany is completely believable as a tormented priest, Willem Dafoe is as always intense and a joy to watch. The movie takes place in the dark ages mostly in a small outpost in the English countryside. A woman is wrongly accused of murder and a traveling troupe of actors, lead by Dafoe, enters the town and becomes involved in clearing her name of the accusation.

I was most impressed with the set they used for the village, it's incredible. The set immerses you in the desperate and dramatic feel of the film properly. The film has an authentic theatrical feel to it. More like it's being acted on stage rather than on location. I recommend this well acted tale.

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