Russell Crowe Finds a Hidden Catacomb
The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)
Everything is redacted.
"Our sins will seek us out."
Fr. AMORTH :
[WHISPERING] :
Are you okay?
Yes.
Fr. AMORTH :
You don't get to stay handsome
in this business for too long.
Please, hmm?
Don't.
AMORTH :
I once have a demon try to put
a crucifix into my eyeball.
You're always talking and talking.
Enough. Please. Shh. [WHISPERING] They're sleeping. No more stories.
AMORTH :
Did you consider why the demon does this?
To scare us, hmm? For what benefit?
Chaos.
AMORTH :
[CHUCKLES QUIETLY] Distraction.
The devil is the great deceiver. He can make you see things from your past. Apparitions, memories, always trying to deceive us. So we never know what he's thinking, what he's planning.
If you do not believe me, just ask my friend. Come, I'll show you what I found. Amorth! I noticed this when I first arrived. What is this?
AMORTH :
You recognize this?
Yes, it's the seal of the Spanish Inquisition. S.
Fr. AMORTH :
The darkest time in the history
of The Church.
And they are...?
Fr. AMORTH :
The Victims. The ones
who would not convert.
There is something underneath this place. Something is hidden here. Come.
[DEBRIS FALLING] Hold this.
Two crossed keys. Do you recognise this?
It's The Vatican Seal. S, s.
[SNIFFING] Is it gas?
Fr. AMORTH :
A little gas.
A little sulfur.
A little death.
So, no smoking, huh?
[CHUCKLES] Stand back.
Fr. AMORTH :
[GROWLING] It's a door. Push with me.
Okay. [WHOOSHING] Catacomb.
This is how they would
bury the dead.
I understand the Vatican sealing this place off.
But why would they leave someone?
Fr. AMORTH:
(Indicates the hand of the skeleton)
The ring of the Cardinal Protector.
He was the final hope. The last protector.
It looks like he is a prisoner, but he is not.
The cage is for his own safety.
They do this when an exorcism fails.
To protect against the demons escaped,
to trap something they need to remain hidden.
Toms, see if you can open this gate.
[PAPER RUSTLING] [IN ITALIAN]
[GATE RATTLING]
It's locked.
Fr. AMORTH :
Then our friend here must have a key.
(To the corpse) Where did you hide your key?
[QUIET TAPPING] In the stomach. Forgive me.
[AIR HISSING] [GAGGING] [AMORTH COUGHING] Try this.
[CHUCKLES] Huh? Come.
[SPEAKING LATIN]
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
[GASPING]
[GROANS IN PAIN]
Gabriele. Gabriele.
[SIREN WAILING]
It worked. Ah.
[GATE CREAKS OPEN]
Fr. AMORTH :
Thank you, my friend.
[MUFFLED THUMPING, SHOUTING]
[AMY LAUGHING IN DISTANCE] Amy?
[ESQUIBEL COUGHING]
[CONTINUES COUGHING]
The gases and the sulfur, it's getting stronger. We are getting closer to Hell. Cardinal Sullivan, is he all right? He collapsed. LUMUMBA: Holy Father. [SPEAKING ITALIAN] [BREATHLESSLY] Tell him. Tell who? Gabriele. Gabriele? S. Amorth? S. Amorth? What trouble has he got us into this time? AMORTH: The Friar de Ojeda. One of the greatest exorcists of all time. ESQUIBEL: The seal of the Spanish Inquisition. His journal. "Today, I was summoned to the town of Segovia." A possessed monk. "In the year of our Lord 1475..." "...while questioning the demon possessing the monk, "he answered me from the mouth of another. And then a third." Multiple possessions. It's a powerful demon. S. [BREATHING HEAVILY] Amy? [DEMON GROWLING] [AMY LAUGHING] [GRUNTS] The exorcist becomes possessed himself. Friar de Ojeda? You know he is the man who convinced Queen Isabella of the need for an Inquisition. So that means, from the time he is possessed in 1475, everything that happens after this... ...is the work of the devil. Centuries of persecution and torture, the worst abuses of the Inquisition, all started by the friar, and done in the name of God... by the devil.
The Vatican must have known this.
The Church covered it up, and
they buried the truth here.
"Your sins will seek you out."
The construction work must have freed the demon. [AMY LAUGHING]
JULIA: Amy? Amy? [LAUGHING] Henry. AMY & HENRY: It's okay, Mommy. Henry's okay. Oh, that's great. Listen, Amy, why don't you come downstairs with me? BOTH: I'm sorry, Mom. I don't know what got into me. Well, that's okay. That's okay. I just... I just need your sister for a minute. Amy... BOTH: Can you forgive me, Mom?
"The great dragon was hurled down. Hurled into the earth, where he was bound." "And his angels with him." Revelations. 200 rogue angels buried into the earth. This abbey is one of those godforsaken places. This demon, he was trying to find them. To raise an army and destroy the Church. Amy, come here.
BOTH:
What's in your hand, Mommy? Amy, come here right now. AMY & DEMON: What's in your hand, Mommy?! [SNARLING] [SCREAMS] [GROWLING] [GLASS CRACKLING] [GASPING] Look.
DEMON: Watch me, Mommy. [GASPING] Watch me. [ROARING] [GASPING, CHOKING] [ROARING]
Fr. AMORTH :
His name... the king of Hell. Asmodeus. [THUNDER CRASHING] [ROARING] [GASPING] [THUNDER CRASHING] [MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY] Quickly! [DEMON GROWLING] JULIA: Amy, use the sedative. [SNARLING] JULIA: Tie his arms. [THUNDER CRASHING]
We have his name. "Bring me the priest." What did you say? Those were the first words the demon said. "Bring me the priest." It didn't mean me. It wants you. This demon feeds on exorcists. He had a plan once. To lure the friar here... ...hide amongst the righteous and commit heinous acts in the name of God. It wants to do the same thing again. Using me to infiltrate the Church. What greater victory for the devil... than to claim the soul of the Pope's exorcist. Maybe, but we know his name now. So we have what we need to beat it and to save the child. The only thing that can defeat us is ourselves. He will use your sins against you. I need to make confession. To me? You are a priest, are you not? Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. Trust in the Lord.
Fr. AMORTH :
I want to talk to you about
things I have confessed before,
but they still burden me.
In 1942, during the war, I joined the Resistance.
I became a partisan and I fought against the fascists.
So many of my friends would die to German b*ll*ts. [MUFFLED g*nf*re] Why them and not me? [SOLDIER SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
Their dead bodies would talk to me in my dreams.
To die in a w*r is heroic. To survive a w*r... complex. And then I begin to see that my life had been spared. It was my responsibility to give it purpose. And in my case, that meant to serve God. [BIRD CHIRPING] In all of my years, I have tried to embrace what is said in Matthew. "What you do for the least among you, you do for me." [BIRD CHIRPING] But when it mattered... I failed. [BIRD CHIRPING] I did not help her, I did not believe her. I did not listen. Rosaria? S. Rosaria. ROSARIA: At night, the devil fucks me. What does this devil look like? You. [BIRD CHIRPING] [BIRD SCREECHES] She was not possessed. She was mentally disturbed. So I let someone else handle her case. Again, my pride. I was an exorcist.
The mentally disturbed,
it's not my job.
Do you believe me now?
AMORTH:
But that all changed because of her.
To hear after her death the rumors
of the sexual abuse, the cover-up
within the walls of
The Vatican City.
That innocent girl.
I did not help her when
she needed me.
Her soul is my burden.
And this demon,
he knows that.
I know you as a humble man
of God, Father Amorth.
It's time to lay down
that burden.
Fr. AMORTH :
Forgive me, Father.
I absolve you of your sins in the name
of The Father, of The Son and of
The Holy Spirit. Amen.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES]
[LIQUID POURING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
I give you the Miraculous Medal.
Holy fire insurance. Very powerful.
To defeat the King of Hell,
we require the armor of God.
[THUNDER CRASHING]
To defeat the king of Hell,
we require the armor of God.
[THUNDER CRASHING] [DEMONIC ROARING] Remember, the demon will use your sense against you. Do not believe everything you see or hear. We have work to do. We must save this child. [THUNDER RUMBLING] [LOW GROWLING] [SNARLING] All done confessing? Padre. Did he bare his soul to you, Toms? Like your little whore bared her breasts? [SNARLING] Ignore it. Pray for Henry. No amount of prayers can save Henry. Let me in, Gabriele. You know what I want. AMORTH: Our Father... [GROWLING] who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name... [PRAYER CONTINUES] Was there really any point confessing to your god, Gabe? Give us this day our daily bread... Shouldn't you be confessing to her? [THUNDER CRASHING] [CHOMPING] [BIRD SCREECHING] You... are not there. You are only in my mind. [SNARLING] I burn in Hell because of you! You are not there. [LOW GROWLING] You are only in my mind. [GROWLING] Father. ASMODEUS: Join us in Hell, Gabe. Take me in. ADELLA: Don't you want me, Toms? Tell me to get on my knees and say my prayers. f*ck me, Toms. Deceiver. f*ck me, Toms! Deceiver! f*ck me, priest. Oh, God. [AMY CRYING] AMORTH: Toms, focus on the prayer. Asmodeus! [GROWLING] Asmodeus, king of Gehenna, this is the Cross of the Lord! [SNARLING] Release this child and flee from the light of God! See thee beneath God! Never! Get out! Get out of my house! This is the house of God! Not without my son! ASMODEUS: Your son is gone! His soul burns and rots in Hell. Admit to thy name, Asmodeus! Never! And bow to the power of God Almighty! Take me in, Gabe! Oh, Mary, Most High Queen of Heaven... The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among... AMORTH & ESQUIBEL: ...and of the Angels, and Mother of God... ASMODEUS: I am king! You are under my dominion! We humbly beseech you... And here you will remain, damned forever! ...the power and the mission... ...now and at the hour of our death. To crush Satan's skull! I am Asmodeus, king of Hell, and I command you! We beseech thee to send thy holy angels... [GROWLING] ...that under thy command and by thy power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist their bold att*cks, and drive them hence into the abyss of woe! [THUNDER CRASHING] [BREATHING HEAVILY] [THUNDER RUMBLING] HENRY: Mommy? Mom, help me. Speak to him, Julia. Speak to him. A mother's love never fails. JULIA: Henry! Henry, I love you. Call to him. Henry, come back to me. Henry, please talk to me. [CRACKLING] [PANTING] Mommy, they're hurting me. Oh, God. Henry, we need your help. You must resist. I can't. You must resist. [PANTING] Mom? [CRYING] Henry. [GASPING] What's happening? Oh, my God. Holy shit. The omnipotent. [LOW, DEEP GROWLING] It's in them both. [SNARLING] JULIA [WHIMPERING]: Amy. [SNARLING] [JULIA WHIMPERING] [GROWLING] [WHIMPERING] [GROWLING] ASMODEUS: Give me what I want! No! [GROWLING] [GRUNTING] Surrender yourself to me! [GROWLING] [GROWLING] Julia! [ROARING] [CHOKING] [GROWLING] [JULIA WHIMPERING] [GROWLING] ASMODEUS: I told you, b*tch. You're all gonna die! Amy, please. Amy's gone. [STRAINING] Julia, resist! Don't lose faith! Give me back my children! Your children are gone! Please. Amy, please. I love you. [JULIA SCREAMING] [LAUGHING] [SNARLING] AMORTH: It's me you want. Let the children go. They all suffer because of you. Say the words, piggy. Be the martyr you dreamed of being. [STRAINED GRUNTING] Be my piggy. AMORTH [STRAINING]: Take me.
