#1 The Rite
GeckoMoviesCom | October 20, 2010 | 186 likes, 8 dislikes
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Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones
Writers: Michael Petroni
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones
Writers: Michael Petroni
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Plot
The film begins with Michael Kovak preparing the body of a young suicide victim for a viewing at his father's funeral home. While dressing the young woman, Michael notices a tattoo of the devil on one of her legs. Later, dissatisfied with his own life, Michael decides to enter the local seminary in order to get away from everything. When his choice is questioned by a friend, he explains that, "in my family you either become a mortician or a priest." Four years pass and Michael is being ordained to the diaconate at the seminary. However, after ordination he writes a letter of resignation to his Father Superior, citing a lack of faith and a desire to leave his post.While Father Superior is attempting to catch up with Michael on the street, he trips, causing a biker to swerve into the path of an oncoming car. The young woman, believing Michael to be a priest after seeing his clerical garb, asks him for absolution. Unable to refuse, Michael comforts her in her last moments of agony by commending her soul to God and absolving her sins. Seeing how calmly and well he handled the situation, Father Superior knows that Michael is called to be a priest, whether Michael believes this or not; he later approaches Michael and extends to Michael an invitation to travel to Rome in order to attend a class on exorcism. He tells Michael that he was asked to keep an eye out for a qualified candidate and that he believes Michael to be qualified for the class. Michael reluctantly accepts the offer after being told by Father Superior that if he still desires to resign from his position after taking the class, then he will be free to leave.
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When Michael arrives in Rome, he enters his first class late, causing the Dominican priest teaching the course, Father Xavier, to scold him. He meets a young woman, Angelina, who is also taking the course. He soon learns that she is a reporter who has been asked to cover the course for an article in a newspaper. Father Xavier later asks Michael to see a friend of his, Father Lucas, who is a renowned exorcist. Michael agrees and meets Father Lucas at his home, where he sees one of the priest's patients: a pregnant sixteen-year-old girl. It is later revealed that she became pregnant through incestuous relations with her father, leading to her possession. However, Michael remains skeptical, even after witnessing several preternatural events, such as the girl spitting up three long nails.............
