a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number DVD 002790

a Personal name Paul McGuigan

a Title The Reckoning

h Medium DVD

a Place of publication, distribution, etc UK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Spain

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2003

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Kanzaman S.A.

a Extent 1 DVD

a Playing time 112 min.

a General note 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.

a Creation/production credits note Barry Unsworth

a Summary, etc 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.

a Language note Language : English

a Language note Subtitles : English

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Drama

a Personal name Cox, Brian,

d Dates associated with a name 1946-

a Personal name Marián Aguilera

a Personal name Simon McBurney

a Personal name Tom Hardy

a Personal name Trevor Steedman

a Personal name Willem Dafoe

a Personal name Paul Bettany

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