Stigmata (1999)

When a young American woman begins exhibiting the characteristics of Stigmata (spontaneously bleeding from the wrists and forehead, speaking in Aramaic), a Vatican envoy is deployed to investigate whether the afflictions are demonic or divine. The dark, quick-cut cinematography of Jeffrey L. Kimball (JACOB'S LADDER) and a gothic soundscape assembled by Billy Corgan place the devil (of this film) in the details.

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Stigmata is a supernatural suspense story about good, evil, and faith. Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) is a hair stylist in her mid-20s who has no strong religious convictions until odd things start happening to her after she's given a rosary by her mother: she begins speaking with another person's voice; unknown and unseen forces start to attack her; and she develops stigmata, bleeding wounds that spontaneously appear on her wrists, feet, and side, as Christ was wounded at Calvary. Some people believe that a holy miracle has been visited on Frankie, though no one can say why. A Cardinal from the Vatican (Jonat...
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han Pryce) sends a priest, Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne), to investigate Frankie and her condition; after getting a first-hand look, Father Andrew finds himself less concerned with whether Frankie's wounds are a legitimate miracle and more concerned with saving her life. Billy Corgan, leader of the rock group The Smashing Pumpkins, composed the score for Stigmata in collaboration with keyboardist Mike Garson.
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When a young woman (Patricia Arquette) becomes the focus of brutal assaults by an unseen attacker, the spiritual implications of the incidents drive a Vatican official (Jonathan Pryce) to send a priest to investigate. Upon witnessing her affliction firsthand, the priest (Gabriel Byrne) becomes more concerned with saving her life than debunking her claims.

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Priester Andrew Kiernan wordt door het Vaticaan naar Brazilië gestuurd om onderzoek te doen naar een bloed huilend Mariabeeld. Intussen vertoont Frankie Page, een jonge atheïstische kapster, op een dag voor het eerst de tekenen van de stigmata, de wonden van Christus. Priester Kiernan vertrekt naar Amerika om zich te ontfermen over het meisje. Aanvankelijk twijfelt hij aan de echtheid van de wonden aangezien de stigmata nooit voorkomen bij niet-gelovige mensen. Wanneer de tekens echter duidelijker worden, beseft Kiernan dat hij te maken heeft met onverklaarbare krachten die hem rechtstreeks confronteren met zijn ...
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geloof.
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