The Reckoning (I) (2003)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Paul Bettany	...	Nicholas
	Marian 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

Storyline

In 14th-century England, a young monk breaks his vow of chastity and flees the wrath of his bishop and fellow monks. A fugitive priest, he then witnesses the murder of a traveling performer--and subsequently, the mourning of actor by his fellow troupe members. He eventually becomes initiated into the troupe as a player, replacing the murdered man. They travel from town to town performing their standard morality play. They arrive in a town where a boy has been killed and a young deaf-mute girl has been imprisoned for the crime--sentenced to death for witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover that the townspeople know the young woman did not, in fact, commit the murder. The stage becomes a place where vital human truth is told. Thus, simultaneously, the fugitive priest comes to terms with his own crime and makes a powerful sacrifice, thereby redeeming himself. Written by Sujit R. Varma  

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