Order (2003)
Release Year: 2003
Nation: Germany, United States
Alternative Title: The Order, Devorador de pecados, The Sin Eater, Господарят на греха, L'ordre, Sin Eater - Die Seele des Bösen, Syndätaren, Synninsyöjä, Le purificateur, O amartovoros, Pakleni red, A bűn rendje, La setta dei dannati, Zjadacz grzechów, Пожиратель грехов, Günahlarin bekçisi
Director: Brian Helgeland
Writer: Brian Helgeland
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Craig Baumgarten, Brian Helgeland
Executive Producer: Thomas M. Hammel, Michael Kuhn
Co-Producer: Giovanni Lovatelli
Companies: 20th Century Studios
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Budget: 35.000.000
Keywords
Keywords: rome, italy, riddle, vatican (holy see), investigation, exorcism, secret organization, sin, repentance, priest, religion, psychological thriller, roman catholic church, catholicism, theology, mentor protégé relationship, sin eater, suspicious death, mysticism
Story
Alex Bernier (played by Ledger), a member of an arcane order known as Carolingians, is sent to Rome after his superior's mysterious death. The deceased bears strange marks suggesting involvement with a Sin Eater, a renegade offering absolution outside the Church's jurisdiction. Alex enlists help from Father Thomas (Addy) and a troubled artist (Sossamon), whom he once performed an exorcism on. He becomes entangled in a mystery that ultimately connects him to its core.
Summary
Order is a 2003 horror-mystery-thriller directed by Brian Helgeland, starring Liev Schreiber and Mark Addy as priests investigating a supernatural conspiracy within their order. The film explores themes of faith, betrayal, and redemption amidst a plot involving renegade priests performing unauthorized exorcisms.
