A troupe of medieval actors looking to freshen up their material expose a serial murderer in this moody, oddly compelling period drama. England, 1380: The black plague rages, peasants are routinely abused and exploited by knights and lords, the authority of the church is absolute and death by famine is an ever-present threat. Disgraced monk Nicholas de Valette (Paul Bettany) exchanges his harsh, small-town post for the harsher life of a rootless fugitive after he's caught in a compromising position with a parishioner's comely wife. Nicholas finds a measure of refuge with a band of traveling actors whose leader has just died; his son, Martin (Willem DaFoe), who has as...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
110 mins