The Order (2003)

Heath Ledger stars as Alex Bernier, a young priest and protegee of the excommunicated head of a mysterious order known as the Carolingians, who has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Alex is sent by Father Driscoll to Rome to investigate the death; once there, he uncovers evidence pointing to the existence of a mysterious being known as a sin-eater, a being that exists outside the jurisdiction of the church and performs "last rites" on people who have been exiled by the Church. But as Bernier, aided by his old friend Father Thomas (Mark Addy) and an artist upon whom he once performed an exorcism (Shann...
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yn Sossamon), gets closer to the sin-eater, he is besieged by doubt as to what it really is; human or beast, evil creature that preys upon humans or renegade angel who provides fallen sinners a last chance to make it into heaven.
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland writes and directs the religious thriller The Order. Heath Ledger portrays a priest from a secret religious order called The Carolingians. He's sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of the head of the Carolingians, whose body was found with strange marks on its chest. While in Rome, he asks for help from an old friend (Mark Addy) and an elusive artist Shannyn Sossamon to help solve the murder. The priest ends up at the Vatican, where he learns of a sect that may be responsible for many mysterious deaths. Peter Weller and Benno Fürmann round out the cast.

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Eeuwenlang bestaat er een geheim occult genootschap binnen de Kerk. Na een aantal mysterieuze sterfgevallen, gaat de jonge priester Alex Bernier op onderzoek uit. Hij komt op het spoor van de zogenaamde Sin Eater, een gevaarlijke en onsterfelijke figuur die als een soort God op aarde vergeving kan schenken aan de meest verdorven zondaars. De Sin Eater neemt alle zonden op zich waardoor het kwaad ongestraft blijft. In zijn zoektocht ontdekt Alex dat er een veel erger noodlot bestaat dan de Dood.

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