Cinematography:
Patrick BlossierComposer:
Michel PortalCast:
Tchéky Karyo, Jean Carmet, Catherine Frot, Féodor Atkine, Maria de Medeiros, Christine Boisson, Jean Dasté, Raoul Billerey, Gilette Barbier, Mathieu Schiffman, Nicole FélixPlots(1)
SORCERESS tells the suspenseful tale of how the Dominican friar Etienne de Bourbon, a Church inquisitor, comes to a small French village searching for heretics and encounters the beautiful, mysterious forest woman Elda. The villagers respect Elda for her prowess as a healer. They have faith in her knowledge of medicinal plants and herbs and her use of ancient rituals to cure the sick. But Etienne, driven by an inquisitor's vocation to purge his Christian flock of false beliefs, suspects heresy. Fascinated by Elda yet knowing that the punishment for a heretic is to be burned at the stake, the conflicted cleric cannot help spying on the pagan rites Elda practices in the forest. The two of them become entwined in a confrontation between communal custom and Church dogma, between human sympathy and institutional authority. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tchéky Karyo
Turkey
Jean Carmet
France
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Catherine Frot
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Féodor Atkine
France
Best movies:
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Maria de Medeiros
Portugal
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Christine Boisson
France
Best movies:
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Jean Dasté
France
Best movies:
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Raoul Billerey
France
Best movies:
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Gilette Barbier
Best movies:
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Mathieu Schiffman
Best movies:
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Nicole Félix
Best movies:
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