In 1987, Gabriel Amorth, the Vatican's leading exorcist, investigates the demonic possession of an American boy in Spain, and discovers a secret the Vatican has tried to keep buried for cent... Read allIn 1987, Gabriel Amorth, the Vatican's leading exorcist, investigates the demonic possession of an American boy in Spain, and discovers a secret the Vatican has tried to keep buried for centuries.In 1987, Gabriel Amorth, the Vatican's leading exorcist, investigates the demonic possession of an American boy in Spain, and discovers a secret the Vatican has tried to keep buried for centuries.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Alexandra Essoe
- Julia
- (as Alex Essoe)
Edward Harper-Jones
- Young Amorth
- (as Edward Harper Jones)
Storyline
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- TriviaWhile researching the life and work of Fr. Gabriel Amorth, Russell Crowe discovered that Amorth's personal favorite movie was The Exorcist (1973), so much so, that Amorth became good friends with its director William Friedkin who later directed a documentary of Amorth's work as an exorcist, The Devil and Father Amorth (2017). This would be the second to last film Friedkin directed to be released in his lifetime before his death on August 7, 2023.
- GoofsThe movie starts in a village in Italy, then in Rome and in Castille, Spain (where I am from). When construction workers speak, before they get burnt, the one who speaks does not have a Spanish accent from Spain. Then, when they take the boy to the hospital, the doctor and the interpreter do speak in Castilian Spanish, but in the subtitles in English they say they are speaking in Italian.
- Quotes
Father Gabriel Amorth: A mother's love is the closest thing we know to God's love.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Projector: The Pope's Exorcist (Russell Crowe) (2023)
- SoundtracksShe Sells Sanctuary
Written by Ian Astbury (as Ian Robert Astbury) and Billy Duffy (as William Henry Duffy)
Performed by The Cult
Courtesy of Beggars Banquet Records Ltd.
By arrangement with Beggars Group Media Limited
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The Pope's Exorcist
Not the best Italian accent from Australia's own Russell Crowe, but an interesting if dark and violent film based on a true story of Father Gabriele Amorth, apparently a somewhat cantankerous Vatican priest, and his attempts to try and free a possessed boy in Spain.
What follows is, to be frank, fairly grim (there is not much in the way of sunshine and warm feelings in this one), and tests Amorth's faith. Crowe is pretty good in the role, a hulking sort of man with a weathered face who seems fairly implacable, even in the face of pure evil. The exorcism uncovers some awkward truths for the Catholic church. The finale was very well done, everything building to a crescendo.
Not a religious person by any stretch, but I nonetheless found this darkly entertaining. Other than the accent issues, I thought Russell Crowe did a good job.
What follows is, to be frank, fairly grim (there is not much in the way of sunshine and warm feelings in this one), and tests Amorth's faith. Crowe is pretty good in the role, a hulking sort of man with a weathered face who seems fairly implacable, even in the face of pure evil. The exorcism uncovers some awkward truths for the Catholic church. The finale was very well done, everything building to a crescendo.
Not a religious person by any stretch, but I nonetheless found this darkly entertaining. Other than the accent issues, I thought Russell Crowe did a good job.
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- Jul 23, 2023
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- Also known as
- Khắc Tinh Của Quỷ
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- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,009,380
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,006,368
- Apr 16, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $76,987,621
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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