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Overview

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Director:
Brian Helgeland
Writer (WGA):
Brian Helgeland (written by)
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Release Date:
5 September 2003 (USA) more
Tagline:
Unleash the power. more
Plot:
A young priest is sent to Rome to investigate the troubling death of the head of his order. full summary | full synopsis
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(9 articles)
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Interesting Flick more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Heath Ledger ... Alex Bernier

Shannyn Sossamon ... Mara Sinclair

Benno Fürmann ... William Eden

Mark Addy ... Thomas Garrett

Peter Weller ... Driscoll
Francesco Carnelutti ... Dominic
Mattia Sbragia ... Apathetic Bishop
Mirko Casaburo ... Little Boy
Giulia Lombardi ... Little Girl
Richard Bremmer ... Bookstore Owner
Cristina Maccà ... Sister Franca
Paola Emilia Villa ... Sister Marie
Rosalinda Celentano ... Faraway Eyes Girl

Alessandra Costanzo ... Eden's Maid
Paolo Lorimer ... Englishman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Sin Eater (Australia) (Singapore: English title) (UK) (USA) (working title)
Sin Eater - Die Seele des Bösen (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violent images, sexuality and language.
Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Caserta, Campania, Italy more

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Trivia:
Originally scheduled for January 17, 2002, the film's release date was postponed when the visual effects had to be redone because they were thought to be unintentionally funny. According to a anonymous source close to the production quoted by Variety magazine, the special effects depicting sins exiting the human body after death looked like "calamari". more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: You can see the cable holding the man who was being hanged. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Alex Bernier: Every life is a riddle. The answer to mine is knowledge, born of darkness.
Alex Bernier: It wasn't always so. In the beginning, I still had questions. In the beginning, my mystery still remained.
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Movie Connections:
Features A Knight's Tale (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Due Croci more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Interesting Flick, 9 March 2004
Author: emjaymassey from Flowery Branch, Georgia, USA

While I won't say this is great cinema or even historically correct, it wasn't awful as the previous person who posted said it was. Yes there was a cult in a night club (Actually not pagan, it was an offshoot of the Catholic Church)and yes, the "hero" did bring it down, but that wasn't the point of the movie.

The point of the movie was The Sin Eater was tired of doing his job and wanted the "hero" to do take over. Add that to the "hero's" struggle with his faith, his wants and desires and ultimately if he would like to take the place of the Sin Eater.

According to the movie, if you are Catholic and not allowed to go to heaven,(Excommunicated, suicide or any of the other reasons the church could keep you out of heaven) the Sin Eater (for a price) would come and take away your sins and you would then be allowed to go to heaven.

So, yes, it is a religious horror flick (though not really what I call Horror (like Freddy or Jason)) and yes, it is not great, but it is thought provoking if you like that kind of thing.

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