1 00:00:04,668 --> 00:00:09,876 This is the story of a girl who wrote a letter to God... God replied. 2 00:00:45,585 --> 00:00:47,376 Cristobal! 3 00:00:48,210 --> 00:00:51,793 You're just playing a joke on me to frighten me. 4 00:00:51,793 --> 00:00:53,418 Come on, stop that. 5 00:00:53,418 --> 00:00:56,335 Do you think I'm naive enough to fall for that? 6 00:00:57,460 --> 00:00:59,835 Cristobal. 7 00:00:59,835 --> 00:01:02,460 Stop scaring me. 8 00:01:04,835 --> 00:01:06,376 Cristy... 9 00:01:09,543 --> 00:01:12,710 Aren't you ashamed of yourself, teasing this poor thing? 10 00:01:12,710 --> 00:01:14,835 This poor thing prefers teasing me - 11 00:01:14,835 --> 00:01:18,210 making me climb the highest tree for the best apples 12 00:01:18,210 --> 00:01:19,918 or pushing me into the pond. 13 00:01:19,918 --> 00:01:23,210 Just because I want a kiss, she makes a fool out of me! 14 00:01:24,585 --> 00:01:28,168 - Marie! - Cristy, you can't do that! 15 00:01:30,001 --> 00:01:31,876 - Marie! - See? 16 00:01:31,876 --> 00:01:34,001 You little witch! 17 00:01:47,543 --> 00:01:49,168 Catch me! 18 00:01:51,001 --> 00:01:53,210 Come on, catch me! 19 00:01:53,210 --> 00:01:56,210 Just you wait! What will happen if I catch you? 20 00:02:00,293 --> 00:02:04,043 Please forgive me, most gracious Father. I thought we were alone. 21 00:02:04,043 --> 00:02:07,085 So I gathered, from your behaviour. 22 00:02:07,085 --> 00:02:11,251 - Where are you, Marie? - Breaking chastity before God's servant! 23 00:02:11,251 --> 00:02:13,168 Chastity? 24 00:02:13,168 --> 00:02:17,210 Please, you are mistaken. It hasn't been broken. 25 00:02:17,210 --> 00:02:20,585 How would you know? What parish do you belong to? 26 00:02:20,585 --> 00:02:23,501 We belong to Veiga Baixa, the neighbouring village. 27 00:02:23,501 --> 00:02:26,376 - Who are your parents? - I live with my mother. 28 00:02:26,376 --> 00:02:29,168 - She has no husband. - How old are you? 29 00:02:29,168 --> 00:02:32,085 - 16. - And you, son? 30 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:33,460 I'm over 18. 31 00:02:33,460 --> 00:02:38,043 Go straight home. I will have another word with you later. 32 00:02:38,043 --> 00:02:42,210 And if I find out that you seduced her, you will be duly punished. 33 00:02:42,210 --> 00:02:45,501 Because those who flout the commandment of chastity... 34 00:02:45,501 --> 00:02:47,918 But, Reverend Father, Marie is an angel. 35 00:02:47,918 --> 00:02:51,793 - I'll soon be taking her up the aisle. - I don't know anything about that. 36 00:02:51,793 --> 00:02:55,626 See? She's contradicting you. She's resisting her seducer. 37 00:02:55,626 --> 00:02:57,585 Come on, Marie. Don't be foolish. 38 00:02:57,585 --> 00:03:00,668 - Are you going with him? - No. 39 00:03:00,668 --> 00:03:02,293 I'll take you home. 40 00:03:04,168 --> 00:03:06,293 I need to speak to your mother. 41 00:05:24,293 --> 00:05:27,751 Directed by Jess Franco 42 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,876 Until this unhappy day, she had led a godly life, Reverend Father. 43 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,418 Yes, but if your daughter were to die tomorrow, she would be condemned to hell. 44 00:06:08,418 --> 00:06:11,376 And you would have neglected your Christian duties. 45 00:06:11,376 --> 00:06:14,376 But, Father, what can I do? 46 00:06:14,376 --> 00:06:17,668 I have to work to put food on the table for us. 47 00:06:17,668 --> 00:06:21,293 - I have been a washerwoman for 20 years. - That is praiseworthy. 48 00:06:21,293 --> 00:06:24,335 Do you distil this schnapps yourself? 49 00:06:24,335 --> 00:06:26,126 Yes, Reverend Father. 50 00:06:26,126 --> 00:06:27,960 You're very efficient. 51 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,001 Would you like a bottle, Father? 52 00:06:30,001 --> 00:06:32,960 Will you let me give you one to take with you? 53 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,418 Well, if you insist... 54 00:06:35,418 --> 00:06:39,585 but don't think that giving me presents will change my mind 55 00:06:39,585 --> 00:06:43,918 about saving this evil-spirited child. 56 00:06:43,918 --> 00:06:47,585 It is not too late to tear her soul away from the grip of Satan. 57 00:06:47,585 --> 00:06:53,376 I am counting on your consent to me taking her on as a novice in a convent. 58 00:06:53,376 --> 00:06:55,751 Thank you for your kindness, Father. 59 00:06:58,376 --> 00:06:59,793 You make me feel ashamed. 60 00:06:59,793 --> 00:07:04,543 The abbess of Serra d'Aires only takes in daughters of the highest nobility. 61 00:07:04,543 --> 00:07:08,876 But as her confessor, I can put in a good word for you. 62 00:07:08,876 --> 00:07:12,835 I'll persuade her to overlook your circumstances. 63 00:07:12,835 --> 00:07:17,418 What's more, she will reduce the cost of taking your daughter into the cloister 64 00:07:17,418 --> 00:07:20,293 by bringing it into line with your means. 65 00:07:20,293 --> 00:07:24,501 One delicate matter. If the novice is not accepted for any reason, 66 00:07:24,501 --> 00:07:26,793 the money will go to the abbey. 67 00:07:26,793 --> 00:07:29,460 Reverend Father, I am as poor as a church mouse. 68 00:07:29,460 --> 00:07:32,210 I have been honest with you. 69 00:07:32,210 --> 00:07:37,376 Perhaps not entirely honest. You must have something saved. 70 00:07:37,376 --> 00:07:41,376 20 years of tireless work must bring some sort of return. 71 00:07:41,376 --> 00:07:45,210 You shouldn't scrimp on trying to save Marie. 72 00:07:45,210 --> 00:07:48,418 But, Father, what can I give you if I don't have anything? 73 00:07:48,418 --> 00:07:51,626 Do you wish to continue to tolerate her depraved life? 74 00:07:51,626 --> 00:07:54,335 Do you want to leave her to the devil's mercy? 75 00:07:54,335 --> 00:07:57,835 Do you wish the power of the Holy Inquisition on your daughter? 76 00:07:57,835 --> 00:08:02,126 Please, Reverend Father, not that! Help me! For God's sake, help! 77 00:08:09,001 --> 00:08:12,918 I have 500 reales put away. In case I ever became ill... 78 00:08:12,918 --> 00:08:14,835 I wonder if 500 will suffice. 79 00:08:14,835 --> 00:08:19,835 Well, at least it shows that you're willing to contribute your mite. 80 00:08:20,835 --> 00:08:23,001 How could you do this to me? 81 00:08:23,001 --> 00:08:26,001 You've cast your mother into poverty. 82 00:08:26,001 --> 00:08:28,293 I'm glad to get you out of my sight. 83 00:08:28,293 --> 00:08:32,168 You can be sure of that, since Christ's brides of Serra d'Aires 84 00:08:32,168 --> 00:08:36,751 are neither allowed to leave the convent nor to indulge in secular pleasures. 85 00:08:36,751 --> 00:08:40,376 - Does that mean I won't see Mother? - No. They won't be that strict. 86 00:08:40,376 --> 00:08:43,293 The novices are kept away from temptation. 87 00:08:43,293 --> 00:08:45,793 No man apart from me is admitted. 88 00:08:45,793 --> 00:08:49,251 As you know, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 89 00:08:49,251 --> 00:08:51,251 But hurry now. 90 00:08:51,251 --> 00:08:55,418 God willing, we will hopefully be on our way before nightfall. 91 00:08:55,418 --> 00:08:58,585 Reverend Father, is Serra d'Aires very far from here? 92 00:08:58,585 --> 00:09:00,960 Far enough by horse and cart. 93 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,876 Definitely too far on foot. 94 00:09:41,460 --> 00:09:42,835 Halt! 95 00:10:02,460 --> 00:10:04,418 This is now your home. 96 00:10:04,418 --> 00:10:06,418 It's not how I imagined it. 97 00:10:06,418 --> 00:10:09,960 The abbey is famous for its architecture. 98 00:11:02,043 --> 00:11:04,585 She really is a charming young thing. 99 00:11:05,710 --> 00:11:08,126 What's your name? 100 00:11:08,126 --> 00:11:10,876 You will address me as "Reverend High Priestess". 101 00:11:10,876 --> 00:11:13,876 - I didn't know that. - How could someone like you know? 102 00:11:13,876 --> 00:11:15,668 I'm sorry. 103 00:11:17,251 --> 00:11:22,126 Are you...still a virgin? 104 00:11:22,126 --> 00:11:24,126 Yes, Reverend High Priestess. 105 00:11:24,126 --> 00:11:26,210 Lift up your dress, please. 106 00:11:26,210 --> 00:11:30,251 I need to know if your claim is representative of the facts. 107 00:11:32,543 --> 00:11:35,585 Don't feel embarrassed in front of Father Vincente. 108 00:11:35,585 --> 00:11:38,918 He is your protector, the disciplinarian of your young soul 109 00:11:38,918 --> 00:11:41,168 and also of your body. 110 00:11:42,585 --> 00:11:44,668 So lift up your skirt, please. 111 00:11:47,001 --> 00:11:50,876 She's as good as a little lamb. We'll have an easy time with her. 112 00:11:50,876 --> 00:11:53,043 No, lift it up higher. 113 00:11:53,043 --> 00:11:54,751 Even higher. 114 00:11:54,751 --> 00:11:56,001 More. 115 00:11:57,293 --> 00:11:59,335 That'll do. 116 00:11:59,335 --> 00:12:02,710 - You're not wearing bloomers? - We're poor. I don't have any. 117 00:12:02,710 --> 00:12:06,085 No wonder that you tend to have a lewd imagination. 118 00:12:06,918 --> 00:12:09,668 Spread your legs now. 119 00:12:09,668 --> 00:12:12,085 Come on. Wider. 120 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:18,585 You have to relax. Don't tense your muscles. 121 00:12:18,585 --> 00:12:20,210 Relax them. 122 00:12:20,210 --> 00:12:22,960 You are quite wilful, I can sense it. 123 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,543 You must be more obedient. Only then... 124 00:12:25,543 --> 00:12:27,793 will we reach our goal. 125 00:12:29,126 --> 00:12:30,960 Now, do you see? 126 00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:34,793 Yes. 127 00:12:34,793 --> 00:12:37,418 That's right. 128 00:12:40,543 --> 00:12:44,751 That's right. You are untouched. 129 00:12:48,251 --> 00:12:49,710 Intact. 130 00:12:58,001 --> 00:13:00,251 A very tight hymen. 131 00:13:00,251 --> 00:13:01,626 The virginal membrane. 132 00:13:01,626 --> 00:13:06,251 I know this examination isn't pleasant, but we are obliged to do it. 133 00:13:06,251 --> 00:13:10,918 The Holy Office demands that only pure virgins be admitted to our order. 134 00:13:10,918 --> 00:13:15,668 We sacrifice our virginity and our virtue to the Lord. 135 00:13:15,668 --> 00:13:20,501 Before we put you in novice's dress, you will go to confession with Father Vincente. 136 00:13:21,501 --> 00:13:24,126 - Josefina, take her to the cell. - Yes, Mother. 137 00:13:24,126 --> 00:13:26,251 When she has confessed her sins, 138 00:13:26,251 --> 00:13:29,710 she will spend three days in prayer in solitary confinement. 139 00:13:29,710 --> 00:13:33,376 Then Father Vincente and I will receive her again here. 140 00:13:38,251 --> 00:13:43,335 ...the sins that Satan has made Your servant commit, and cleanse her. 141 00:13:43,335 --> 00:13:46,918 Have mercy upon us in pardoning our sins. 142 00:13:46,918 --> 00:13:48,710 There she is. 143 00:13:48,710 --> 00:13:50,751 Let us remember our sister. 144 00:13:50,751 --> 00:13:55,043 Have mercy upon her. May the Lord pardon her grave sins, 145 00:13:55,043 --> 00:13:58,418 while she still lingers in this world in the flesh. 146 00:14:06,710 --> 00:14:09,543 Now, my child, when was your last confession? 147 00:14:09,543 --> 00:14:11,876 About three months ago. 148 00:14:11,876 --> 00:14:16,835 And did you forget to mention any sins during this confession? 149 00:14:16,835 --> 00:14:19,793 Yes, one. I was so ashamed. 150 00:14:19,793 --> 00:14:21,751 Why were you ashamed? 151 00:14:21,751 --> 00:14:24,376 I don't know. I, er... 152 00:14:24,376 --> 00:14:26,835 might have done something impure. 153 00:14:28,251 --> 00:14:33,501 Did you maybe arouse forbidden desire in that young man and touch him? 154 00:14:35,751 --> 00:14:40,001 - Not just him... - So you were also unchaste with others? 155 00:14:40,001 --> 00:14:42,835 - I... - Did you touch them? 156 00:14:42,835 --> 00:14:45,293 Yes... No. 157 00:14:45,293 --> 00:14:49,210 And where, my child? Where did you touch them? 158 00:14:49,210 --> 00:14:51,085 Outside, in the woods. 159 00:14:51,085 --> 00:14:55,001 I mean, whereabouts on their body did you touch them? 160 00:14:56,168 --> 00:14:58,585 I touched their lips. 161 00:14:59,793 --> 00:15:01,710 Their lips. 162 00:15:01,710 --> 00:15:05,335 And where else did you touch them? Perhaps a bit lower down? 163 00:15:05,335 --> 00:15:06,960 No. 164 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:12,710 Yes... Once, I touched a boy on his chest. 165 00:15:13,835 --> 00:15:18,293 - You confess that. - And perhaps Cristobal, once. 166 00:15:18,293 --> 00:15:20,543 Twice. 167 00:15:20,543 --> 00:15:23,835 Confess it. How often did you lead him into temptation? 168 00:15:23,835 --> 00:15:27,085 - In spring... - Where did you touch him? Tell me. 169 00:15:27,085 --> 00:15:29,626 - I've confessed that. - It doesn't matter. 170 00:15:29,626 --> 00:15:34,126 Cristobal wanted me to touch him somewhere and I ran away in anger. 171 00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:37,376 I need to know exactly. 172 00:15:37,376 --> 00:15:41,751 I'd like to know every little detail. Did you not have any bloomers on? 173 00:15:41,751 --> 00:15:44,918 - Yes, I did, but he... - Isn't that so? 174 00:15:44,918 --> 00:15:49,876 Cristo never wanted me to do that again, even though we were often alone. 175 00:15:49,876 --> 00:15:56,085 But he said if we were married, then I would have to do it. 176 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,793 What would you have to do, child? Talk to me. 177 00:16:03,751 --> 00:16:06,210 Touch the thing I didn't want to touch. 178 00:16:06,210 --> 00:16:10,043 I did have to take it upon myself once, but that was in a dream. 179 00:16:10,043 --> 00:16:12,751 You need to express yourself more clearly. 180 00:16:12,751 --> 00:16:18,835 If you don't confess your sins, I won't be able to give you absolution. 181 00:16:18,835 --> 00:16:20,460 No! 182 00:16:20,460 --> 00:16:23,835 The poor thing. The Reverend Father is probably beside himself. 183 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:29,251 - Continue. - In my dream, my cousin came over. 184 00:16:29,251 --> 00:16:32,126 Suddenly, he was standing there naked. I screamed. 185 00:16:32,126 --> 00:16:37,043 He put his hand over my mouth and said that if I didn't do as he said, he'd kill me. 186 00:16:37,043 --> 00:16:40,210 He pressed my head towards him and demanded... 187 00:16:40,210 --> 00:16:42,376 That you put something in your mouth? 188 00:16:42,376 --> 00:16:44,960 I complied. 189 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,418 I was so scared, I nearly died. 190 00:16:51,543 --> 00:16:54,418 - You didn't defend yourself? - Not enough. 191 00:17:02,001 --> 00:17:05,543 Were you...turned on by this? 192 00:17:07,501 --> 00:17:10,251 I don't know what that means. 193 00:17:11,918 --> 00:17:14,543 I mean, did it turn you on, physically? 194 00:17:17,543 --> 00:17:20,251 Reverend Father, what's wrong? Are you ill? 195 00:17:25,793 --> 00:17:31,793 I shall pray not to have any more shameless desires or ideas that lead me to commit sins 196 00:17:31,793 --> 00:17:35,918 and not to satisfy other people's lust in my dreams. 197 00:17:35,918 --> 00:17:38,960 - So you regret your grave sins? - Yes. 198 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:43,293 - Have you often dreamt of your cousin? - No, only once. 199 00:17:43,293 --> 00:17:46,418 Aquilino left the village to join the military. 200 00:17:47,251 --> 00:17:49,835 I never saw him again. 201 00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:55,293 If you had seen him, and I don't mean in a dream, 202 00:17:55,293 --> 00:17:58,376 - would you have done forbidden deeds? - No. 203 00:17:58,376 --> 00:18:04,085 Well, I have formed an opinion about your sinful body, my child. 204 00:18:04,085 --> 00:18:07,501 You shall reform your flaw with thorns and flagellation. 205 00:18:07,501 --> 00:18:10,126 Doesn't one atone for one's sins through prayer, Father? 206 00:18:10,126 --> 00:18:13,335 I am not your father, I am your master and disciplinarian. 207 00:18:15,543 --> 00:18:20,960 May the Lord acquit you of the sins that you committed through carnal lust. 208 00:18:38,043 --> 00:18:40,376 Josefina, what is that castle over there? 209 00:18:40,376 --> 00:18:43,668 It's the residence of the Cardinal Grand Inquisitor. 210 00:18:43,668 --> 00:18:48,376 The castle opposite contains the dungeons of the court of Inquisition. 211 00:18:48,376 --> 00:18:52,876 You mustn't touch these habits. They've been sanctified, as the rule demands. 212 00:18:52,876 --> 00:18:58,835 - The High Priestess herself will clothe you. - Why is she called High Priestess? 213 00:18:58,835 --> 00:19:03,710 You'll see. This is no ordinary place. You'll get used to everything. 214 00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:08,543 We'll help you. You needn't fear us. Believe me. 215 00:19:08,543 --> 00:19:09,835 I do. 216 00:19:09,835 --> 00:19:12,501 You have a child's hands. 217 00:19:12,501 --> 00:19:14,710 How soft they are. 218 00:19:27,668 --> 00:19:29,751 Just go in. 219 00:19:37,335 --> 00:19:42,835 That's Sister Antonia. I'm Sister Joana. She and I are the youngest here. 220 00:19:42,835 --> 00:19:46,626 - We novices must stick together. - My name is Marie. 221 00:19:46,626 --> 00:19:49,460 May I welcome you with a sisterly kiss? 222 00:19:50,543 --> 00:19:54,001 Stick with me and Joana as long as everything's new to you. 223 00:19:54,001 --> 00:19:56,376 Give me the apple, Antonia. Thanks. 224 00:19:56,376 --> 00:20:00,251 We play funny games as often as we can. You should watch. 225 00:20:00,251 --> 00:20:02,835 - I'll join in. - Great. Come here. 226 00:20:02,835 --> 00:20:04,376 Watch. 227 00:20:12,876 --> 00:20:15,668 - Now it's your turn. - It might be a sin. 228 00:20:15,668 --> 00:20:21,001 It's only a game. There's no harm in doing it. Come on, don't be a spoilsport. 229 00:20:21,001 --> 00:20:24,335 But if you're one of those who are always worried about sin, 230 00:20:24,335 --> 00:20:28,543 then you're no playmate for us because you're too fond of women. 231 00:20:28,543 --> 00:20:30,001 Come on, Marie. 232 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:38,668 What's going on here? 233 00:20:41,085 --> 00:20:43,918 You've made friends straight away? 234 00:20:45,918 --> 00:20:49,335 You seem to be very quick to make friends. 235 00:20:49,335 --> 00:20:53,585 - It wasn't her fault. - I doubt that. 236 00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:57,460 I will talk to you later. Leave the room now. Go. 237 00:21:13,918 --> 00:21:20,376 Take off your dress now. You will spend three days without a dress. 238 00:21:20,376 --> 00:21:23,710 Father Vincente has imposed thorns upon you as a penance. 239 00:21:25,793 --> 00:21:29,960 If you chastise yourself, your sinful lust and desire will pass. 240 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:36,293 I have just seen with my own eyes that his opinion of you is perfectly accurate. 241 00:21:36,293 --> 00:21:39,293 If you wish to please God, you must change. 242 00:21:39,293 --> 00:21:40,918 Yes, High Priestess. 243 00:21:51,835 --> 00:21:53,251 Are you embarrrased? 244 00:22:25,626 --> 00:22:27,085 Your first victim? 245 00:22:28,918 --> 00:22:32,501 I hope you will pass this minor test. 246 00:22:33,543 --> 00:22:36,210 There are much harder tests for you to come. 247 00:22:38,460 --> 00:22:42,585 This is the beginning on the thorny path of self-relinquishment. 248 00:22:42,585 --> 00:22:45,001 The beginning of many big and hard tests 249 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,626 which you will determine. 250 00:22:50,918 --> 00:22:52,376 You solely. 251 00:23:00,418 --> 00:23:01,376 Don'tl. 252 00:24:04,293 --> 00:24:08,960 Lord of Darkness, I have daubed myself with the juice of a toad, 253 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,710 and you have ordained me as your bride. 254 00:24:11,710 --> 00:24:16,043 I have danced naked in front of you and bitten your symbol into my loin. 255 00:24:16,043 --> 00:24:20,001 On the goat meadow, we have come together, joined in the flesh. 256 00:24:20,001 --> 00:24:22,793 And now you're denying me our child? 257 00:24:22,793 --> 00:24:25,793 I will not bear the one I have received from you. 258 00:24:26,876 --> 00:24:29,251 - Is it you? - Yes, High Priestess. 259 00:24:31,793 --> 00:24:34,960 Thy shall be done, Lord of Hell. 260 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,585 You are my arbiter. You command. 261 00:25:04,835 --> 00:25:06,668 Come to me. 262 00:25:14,460 --> 00:25:18,001 These two have caused me to deliver the child before it is due 263 00:25:18,001 --> 00:25:20,043 by offering me an apple. 264 00:25:21,210 --> 00:25:24,376 Stand by us so that we may finish our task. 265 00:25:24,376 --> 00:25:28,168 In the name of hell, leave my body, Lucifer. 266 00:25:38,335 --> 00:25:41,126 - Joana. - I'll be right there. 267 00:25:47,251 --> 00:25:50,418 - Hurry up. - Yes, High Priestess. 268 00:25:50,418 --> 00:25:52,001 There. 269 00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:06,251 Here's the powder from a child's liver. 270 00:27:11,085 --> 00:27:12,626 Help me! 271 00:27:14,293 --> 00:27:15,918 Satan! 272 00:27:43,710 --> 00:27:49,460 Satan! The devil's child is flowing from my loins. I'm giving birth, 273 00:27:49,460 --> 00:27:54,876 but it can't take shape because that's what the Lord of Hell has decided. 274 00:28:11,376 --> 00:28:13,376 His child. 275 00:28:14,376 --> 00:28:17,793 Why can't I be a devil's mother? 276 00:28:17,793 --> 00:28:22,626 I sacrificed my virginity to him on Walpurgis Night. 277 00:28:22,626 --> 00:28:26,001 Lustfully, greedily, we merged, 278 00:28:26,001 --> 00:28:29,293 when he visited me in the shape of Father Vincente. 279 00:28:30,585 --> 00:28:33,543 How many times did it happen? 280 00:28:38,585 --> 00:28:44,668 I'm dying. Help me, paramours of Satan. Help me! 281 00:29:36,126 --> 00:29:39,293 Have mercy, Lord of Darkness. 282 00:29:39,293 --> 00:29:43,335 Release me from this satanic sacrifice. 283 00:30:05,335 --> 00:30:07,376 No. No. 284 00:30:11,668 --> 00:30:14,585 Yes, Father Aquilino. 285 00:30:14,585 --> 00:30:17,751 I'm coming. 286 00:30:19,085 --> 00:30:25,793 But the Father will punish me with thorns. 287 00:30:45,585 --> 00:30:48,793 No. No. No! 288 00:33:18,335 --> 00:33:22,793 - She screamed loudly. I wonder why? - We should ask her. 289 00:33:45,376 --> 00:33:48,710 Father Vincente said, as soon as... Watch out, there she is. 290 00:33:48,710 --> 00:33:51,543 You need more self-discipline, Joana. 291 00:33:55,793 --> 00:33:59,043 Well, Marie, have you done penance? 292 00:33:59,043 --> 00:34:02,668 - I'm in great pain. - All the better. 293 00:34:03,668 --> 00:34:07,626 You must learn to regard pain as a triumph. 294 00:34:07,626 --> 00:34:10,460 You must be ready to make sacrifices. 295 00:34:10,460 --> 00:34:13,376 If only I could. I'm very weak. 296 00:34:13,376 --> 00:34:18,043 I'm very simple-minded. There are many things I don't understand. 297 00:34:18,043 --> 00:34:21,001 And I'm very afraid of pain. 298 00:34:21,001 --> 00:34:24,418 - One gets used to it. - I'm not sure about that. 299 00:34:24,418 --> 00:34:30,543 - Only with the right attitude, of course. - High Priestess, help me achieve it. 300 00:34:30,543 --> 00:34:34,335 - Please. - I will, under one condition. 301 00:34:34,335 --> 00:34:38,543 You will submit to me completely, with obedience and discipline. 302 00:34:39,835 --> 00:34:46,918 Your carnal desire and lustful wishes must be mortified by inflicting pain upon yourself. 303 00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:52,626 Before the evening comes, you shall drive the thorns deep into the soles of your feet, 304 00:34:52,626 --> 00:34:57,001 until they bleed and you are no longer able to skip around so light-footedly. 305 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:22,210 - Marie? Marie, it's me. - No! Cristobal. 306 00:36:22,210 --> 00:36:27,960 - You mustn't be here. Please go away. - But you'll come with me. 307 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,460 If they see you, I'm doomed. 308 00:36:31,626 --> 00:36:36,085 I won't escape with you. I have found peace here. 309 00:36:36,085 --> 00:36:40,168 I don't believe you. You will only find peace if you become my wife. 310 00:36:42,168 --> 00:36:47,585 I'm the Lord's bride. I can never be your wife. 311 00:36:47,585 --> 00:36:50,501 I have given myself to heaven. 312 00:36:50,501 --> 00:36:52,793 These are only words, Marie. 313 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,501 If you love me, 314 00:36:57,501 --> 00:37:01,626 then...please go away. 315 00:37:30,460 --> 00:37:33,543 - I swear to you, Antonia... - To Satan. 316 00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:38,751 I swear to Satan that this is the loveliest of all our games. 317 00:38:35,668 --> 00:38:37,251 Antonia! 318 00:38:42,335 --> 00:38:45,126 Paramour of the devil. 319 00:38:48,293 --> 00:38:50,876 I can see him in the shape of a goat. 320 00:39:02,376 --> 00:39:05,251 Receive our obscene kisses of homage. 321 00:39:05,251 --> 00:39:06,793 Lucifer. 322 00:39:13,585 --> 00:39:15,876 Oh, Joana. 323 00:39:37,460 --> 00:39:39,376 Antonia. 324 00:39:40,751 --> 00:39:43,251 You have served me well. 325 00:39:44,335 --> 00:39:47,043 I will serve you more, and even better. 326 00:39:49,001 --> 00:39:53,501 You have given to me, mistress of Satan, and now I shall give to you. 327 00:39:53,501 --> 00:39:55,376 Yes. 328 00:40:10,751 --> 00:40:14,835 Get me the devil. I want to ride him. 329 00:40:30,251 --> 00:40:32,085 Oh, no. 330 00:40:51,376 --> 00:40:55,293 Holy Michael, Holy Gabriel, Holy Raphael, 331 00:40:55,293 --> 00:40:58,876 all ye holy angels and archangels, pray for us. 332 00:40:58,876 --> 00:41:02,085 Holy Peter, Holy Paul, Holy Jacob, 333 00:41:02,085 --> 00:41:06,918 Holy Demetrius, Holy Bartholomew, all ye holy apostles, pray for us. 334 00:41:06,918 --> 00:41:11,001 Deliver us, o Lord, from all sin. 335 00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:15,626 Deliver us from the snares of the devil, from hatred and all ill will. 336 00:41:15,626 --> 00:41:19,960 Deliver us from the spirit of fornication. 337 00:41:36,418 --> 00:41:38,751 Lord, help me. 338 00:42:13,085 --> 00:42:17,751 Kneel down and rid yourselves of all secular thoughts. 339 00:42:28,751 --> 00:42:32,126 For a few days, there has been a girl among the novices 340 00:42:32,126 --> 00:42:36,543 who has been abusing God's kindness through grave transgressions. 341 00:42:36,543 --> 00:42:38,751 Let us pray for her. 342 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:55,335 Lord, take the sinner back into your arms who has saddened You by being unchaste. 343 00:43:04,251 --> 00:43:06,876 Confess that you are a grave sinner. 344 00:43:06,876 --> 00:43:13,043 I confess my grave transgressions to the Holy Virgin Mary. 345 00:43:13,043 --> 00:43:18,293 I do not know if it was the insinuations of the devil or my own arrogance 346 00:43:18,293 --> 00:43:22,460 that caused me to violate the commandments of the church. 347 00:43:22,460 --> 00:43:28,168 I pledge to Holy Mary and all the saints that my efforts shall be without end 348 00:43:28,168 --> 00:43:31,293 to return to the bosom of the church, 349 00:43:31,293 --> 00:43:37,085 to the Holy Mother Church, which is the only joy on earth for sinners like us. 350 00:44:42,501 --> 00:44:46,710 - Sister Josefina, I have a favour to ask you. - You're white as a sheet. 351 00:44:46,710 --> 00:44:53,168 Sister Martina told me I should ask you if I needed to send a letter to someone. 352 00:44:53,168 --> 00:44:58,251 - Who are you sending it to? - My mother, but nobody must know. 353 00:44:58,251 --> 00:45:01,293 - It's in safe hands with me. - Thank you. 354 00:45:07,751 --> 00:45:13,585 Woe betide him who keeps secret what he does and will not account for it. 355 00:45:13,585 --> 00:45:16,501 He will be banished from the community, 356 00:45:16,501 --> 00:45:19,835 whose joys he does not share, whose trust he does not deserve. 357 00:45:19,835 --> 00:45:23,293 For his secrecy conceals sin. 358 00:45:23,293 --> 00:45:30,126 It says here, "If Cristobal returned, this time, I would flee with him." 359 00:45:30,126 --> 00:45:34,376 This abhorrent letter proves your mendacity. 360 00:45:34,376 --> 00:45:38,835 It also says, "Take me back. I am afraid of losing my soul. 361 00:45:38,835 --> 00:45:44,293 "Dear mother, the sisters and the abbess often behave in a rather strange manner. 362 00:45:44,293 --> 00:45:49,668 "And Father Vincente is not the devout man you took him for either. 363 00:45:49,668 --> 00:45:55,126 "I can hardly describe it in decent words. He is depraved." 364 00:45:56,335 --> 00:46:00,418 This letter is full of such libellous statements. 365 00:46:01,585 --> 00:46:05,210 You have only yourself to blame for the consequences. 366 00:46:05,210 --> 00:46:08,960 This disgraceful piece of paper shall be destroyed for good. 367 00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,668 What would have happened if your mother had received it? 368 00:46:12,668 --> 00:46:15,460 She might have died of sorrow and shame. 369 00:46:15,460 --> 00:46:20,335 What if it had fallen into the wrong hands, the hands of the General Inquisitor? 370 00:46:20,335 --> 00:46:25,543 He would have shown you what it means to lose your soul, and more. 371 00:46:25,543 --> 00:46:28,418 You shall suffer the consequences. 372 00:46:29,168 --> 00:46:31,835 Perhaps sooner than you think. 373 00:46:39,835 --> 00:46:44,418 Josefina, this novice wishes to be imprisoned, to flagellate herself 374 00:46:44,418 --> 00:46:47,460 and to ponder her sins in solitude. 375 00:46:47,460 --> 00:46:51,668 - No, I do not wish that. - We determine your wishes. 376 00:46:51,668 --> 00:46:54,668 Those who rebel against this have not understood 377 00:46:54,668 --> 00:46:58,668 that there are ways of enforcing the statutes of this order. 378 00:46:58,668 --> 00:47:01,001 Get out of my sight! 379 00:47:41,210 --> 00:47:42,710 Come here. 380 00:48:00,543 --> 00:48:01,918 Get in there. 381 00:48:29,668 --> 00:48:33,835 O Lord, I don't know what to do. 382 00:48:35,043 --> 00:48:38,001 Why don't you help me, Lord? 383 00:48:52,460 --> 00:48:54,251 Well, child? 384 00:48:56,043 --> 00:48:58,501 What do you request of me, Reverend Father? 385 00:48:58,501 --> 00:49:01,168 This is a moment of mercy. 386 00:49:02,460 --> 00:49:07,626 The hour has come for you to sacrifice your virginity to the order. 387 00:49:13,668 --> 00:49:17,668 Today, you shall be the centre of a great ceremony. 388 00:49:19,293 --> 00:49:24,918 But first, you have to complete a task for which I have chosen you. 389 00:49:24,918 --> 00:49:27,793 This is the reason why I have come. 390 00:49:36,751 --> 00:49:42,460 Ever since you confessed to me how your cousin came to you in your dream, 391 00:49:42,460 --> 00:49:45,460 I haven't found peace in prayer. 392 00:49:46,460 --> 00:49:52,210 I think that you should grant me the same as you granted him 393 00:49:52,210 --> 00:49:55,376 because I am now one of your closest confidants. 394 00:50:02,668 --> 00:50:05,751 - Don't. - You... 395 00:50:07,876 --> 00:50:10,835 - Go away. - What? Kneel down. 396 00:50:10,835 --> 00:50:14,960 With him, you didn't resist so much. You said so yourself. 397 00:51:14,918 --> 00:51:17,251 I'm calling you, Lord of Hell. 398 00:51:18,835 --> 00:51:20,918 Come, Lucifer. 399 00:51:26,210 --> 00:51:29,210 Make me a priestess of the devil. 400 00:51:31,293 --> 00:51:35,418 Make me another Lilith, your servant. 401 00:51:55,293 --> 00:52:00,043 Hold her in readiness. Lord of Hell, we are sacrificing this child to you. 402 00:52:00,043 --> 00:52:03,751 Her blood is fresh and pure. We know that you desire fresh blood. 403 00:52:05,585 --> 00:52:10,085 Prepare yourself to sacrifice your virginity to the King of Kings, Sister. 404 00:52:10,085 --> 00:52:12,168 Heavenly Father! 405 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:22,293 Your father in hell will introduce you to the pleasure of being his paramour. 406 00:52:22,293 --> 00:52:27,126 He will marry you, and you will belong to him for all eternity, 407 00:52:27,126 --> 00:52:31,751 with your blood, your womb, your whole body and all your entrails. 408 00:52:31,751 --> 00:52:38,126 The bat's tail and the birds that you will eat alive 409 00:52:38,126 --> 00:52:44,793 will keep your sex drive up and you will give birth to devils... 410 00:52:46,835 --> 00:52:51,460 ..in the shape of newts, lizards, snakes and disgusting worms. 411 00:52:51,460 --> 00:52:55,001 Mount her in the shape of a man, Satan. 412 00:52:59,876 --> 00:53:05,085 Kneel down and show your reverence to the most illustrious of all debauchees 413 00:53:05,085 --> 00:53:08,710 so that he may fill you with sensuality and lewd desires. 414 00:53:08,710 --> 00:53:15,251 May he hasten to you and take from this child what he has always been entitled to. 415 00:53:21,876 --> 00:53:25,376 Fall down, on your knees. 416 00:53:26,876 --> 00:53:28,918 She shall be yours. 417 00:54:55,918 --> 00:54:57,585 Come on, Joana. 418 00:55:46,876 --> 00:55:51,668 You're the paramour of the devil now. Heaven is closed to you forever. 419 00:55:51,668 --> 00:55:56,626 You're his bride. From now on you will enjoy forbidden fruits together with the rest of us. 420 00:55:56,626 --> 00:55:59,418 Rejoice with us that you are of the devil. 421 00:56:20,668 --> 00:56:23,710 Well, have you finally calmed down? 422 00:56:23,710 --> 00:56:29,043 No, how could I, after all that's happened to me? 423 00:56:29,043 --> 00:56:33,335 I've been dishonoured in a disgraceful way. 424 00:56:33,335 --> 00:56:37,710 What nonsense are you talking? You're ill. 425 00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:42,293 - No! - So why are you talking feverishly? 426 00:56:42,293 --> 00:56:48,626 The sisters called me because you scream and lash out day and night like a demoniac. 427 00:56:49,335 --> 00:56:54,876 You always mistake dreams and fantasies for real experiences. 428 00:56:54,876 --> 00:56:59,960 In your mind, everything must seem so real 429 00:56:59,960 --> 00:57:04,585 that you mistake phantasms for the truth and dreams for reality. 430 00:57:04,585 --> 00:57:07,793 In order to counteract this danger more efficiently, 431 00:57:07,793 --> 00:57:13,585 you will remain in solitary confinement until you realise that dreams can lead to lies. 432 00:57:13,585 --> 00:57:17,626 - Are you implying that I dreamt all this? - That was certainly the case. 433 00:57:17,626 --> 00:57:21,085 No, that man and you did disgraceful things to me. 434 00:57:21,085 --> 00:57:22,835 She's possessed by the devil. 435 00:58:34,126 --> 00:58:37,710 - God be with you, Sister. - Do you know where Don Antonio lives? 436 00:58:37,710 --> 00:58:42,626 - The alcalde? Up there, up those steps. - God be with you. Thank you. 437 00:59:06,043 --> 00:59:16,084 Who's making all that noise, as if the devil was after him? 438 00:59:16,876 --> 00:59:19,335 Take it easy! 439 00:59:20,335 --> 00:59:22,001 I'm on my way. 440 00:59:23,960 --> 00:59:26,335 - What's the panic? - Forgive me, Alcalde. 441 00:59:26,335 --> 00:59:29,710 - You're not exactly gentle, Sister. - Are you the alcalde? 442 00:59:29,710 --> 00:59:34,793 At your service. Antonio Fernando Quijeros Melo. I'm the mayor. 443 00:59:34,793 --> 00:59:38,001 I'm from the convent Serra d'Aires. I need to talk to you. 444 00:59:38,001 --> 00:59:39,460 I see. Well, come on in. 445 00:59:40,543 --> 00:59:43,126 What's the matter, little Sister? 446 00:59:43,126 --> 00:59:46,001 - Please sit down. - Thank you. 447 00:59:46,001 --> 00:59:50,835 You're welcome. How about a little drink? A glass of red wine? 448 00:59:50,835 --> 00:59:52,918 I'd prefer a glass of Bagasso. 449 00:59:54,543 --> 00:59:57,376 - Very well. - I could use it. 450 00:59:58,543 --> 01:00:01,043 Well, it's up to you. 451 01:00:05,001 --> 01:00:07,501 - There you are, Sister. - Thank you. 452 01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:13,876 You can really put it away. My uncle would be happy. 453 01:00:13,876 --> 01:00:18,168 He's very proud of his brew. And now tell me what happened. 454 01:00:18,168 --> 01:00:21,043 I had to flee the convent. 455 01:00:21,043 --> 01:00:25,710 But why, for God's sake? The abbess and the father are such good people. 456 01:00:25,710 --> 01:00:28,835 If only you knew what goes on there. I must get away. 457 01:00:28,835 --> 01:00:32,501 They lead a scandalous life. The abbess makes pacts with the devil. 458 01:00:32,501 --> 01:00:35,876 And the father celebrates black masses. 459 01:00:35,876 --> 01:00:38,501 They lead a depraved life. They live in sin. 460 01:00:38,501 --> 01:00:42,001 I'm absolutely convinced that you're wrong. 461 01:00:42,001 --> 01:00:47,876 The Reverend Father and I often drink together. He leads a very godly life. 462 01:00:47,876 --> 01:00:52,793 He's a demon. He forces me to do things that are so disgusting and shameless 463 01:00:52,793 --> 01:00:56,043 that I cannot talk to you about them. 464 01:00:56,043 --> 01:00:59,960 They tried to convince me that I was imagining it all, but it's real. 465 01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:01,710 Believe me. 466 01:01:01,710 --> 01:01:05,793 These things don't concern me. I can't interfere with life in the convent. 467 01:01:05,793 --> 01:01:08,668 Only the judges of the Holy Inquisition can examine this. 468 01:01:08,668 --> 01:01:11,835 Then lead me to them. I'm sure they are wise and just. 469 01:01:11,835 --> 01:01:14,543 And they will save the sinners' souls. 470 01:01:14,543 --> 01:01:18,335 Help me. God will reward you for helping a poor girl. 471 01:01:18,335 --> 01:01:24,710 I'm not sure how to do that. I have my doubts. Well, we shall see. 472 01:02:06,001 --> 01:02:07,376 Gee up! 473 01:02:17,085 --> 01:02:20,960 - We must find her. - Don't worry. The witch won't escape us. 474 01:02:22,626 --> 01:02:24,085 I swear she won't. 475 01:02:25,751 --> 01:02:28,460 Whoa! Slow down. 476 01:02:36,168 --> 01:02:37,835 Halt! 477 01:02:39,335 --> 01:02:44,460 Praised be Jesus Christ, Mother Alma. Greetings, Father. Here we are. 478 01:02:44,460 --> 01:02:49,210 - This novice came to me today. - There's no need to explain. We know why. 479 01:02:49,210 --> 01:02:54,668 My poor, lost little sheep. It was prudent of you to bring her back right away. 480 01:02:54,668 --> 01:02:58,376 We were very worried about her. She's a little confused. 481 01:02:58,376 --> 01:03:00,335 Never do anything like that again. 482 01:03:00,335 --> 01:03:04,251 I suspected as much. She wanted to see the judges of the Inquisition. 483 01:03:04,251 --> 01:03:08,043 If I hadn't been sensible, we might be there now. 484 01:03:08,043 --> 01:03:11,293 She was talking at me as if she were possessed by the devil. 485 01:03:11,293 --> 01:03:16,043 And the things she said about you! So I said to myself, "Take her to the abbess. 486 01:03:16,043 --> 01:03:18,835 "She knows how to handle her better than you." 487 01:03:18,835 --> 01:03:22,668 And so do you, Father. You're an expert when it comes to young souls. 488 01:03:22,668 --> 01:03:27,626 It was a wise decision. We appreciate your helpfulness. 489 01:03:27,626 --> 01:03:31,751 - Well, if one can be of assistance... - You've served us excellently. 490 01:04:44,251 --> 01:04:46,460 It's your own fault. 491 01:04:48,585 --> 01:04:53,626 Now we'll have to see if you're possessed by the devil. 492 01:04:57,418 --> 01:04:58,835 What a pity. 493 01:04:58,835 --> 01:05:05,293 If you don't confess it to us, we will hand you over to the court of the Inquisition. 494 01:05:05,293 --> 01:05:07,293 They have means which... 495 01:05:34,126 --> 01:05:38,043 She must want the Inquisition to save her soul. 496 01:05:38,043 --> 01:05:42,418 Why else would she have asked the alcalde to take her there? 497 01:05:42,418 --> 01:05:47,710 Isn't it possible that she intended to denounce us there, the dangerous witch? 498 01:05:47,710 --> 01:05:50,210 The witch will soon confess this to us. 499 01:05:51,376 --> 01:05:54,460 But probably not until we're torturing her. 500 01:05:54,460 --> 01:05:59,626 That's the best method after all. It makes people talk. 501 01:05:59,626 --> 01:06:04,668 We'll only use it to spare her the Inquisition and to protect the reputation of the order. 502 01:06:04,668 --> 01:06:09,460 As soon as the witch confesses, we can dispense with further interrogation. 503 01:06:29,793 --> 01:06:33,251 - Are you possessed by the devil? - No! 504 01:06:36,210 --> 01:06:40,251 The Inquisition's henchmen will squeeze the information out of you. 505 01:06:40,251 --> 01:06:43,418 No, no, no! 506 01:06:44,335 --> 01:06:48,251 - Show her the pincers. - No! 507 01:06:50,626 --> 01:06:54,085 Then confess that you're possessed by the devil. 508 01:07:10,210 --> 01:07:12,293 ..to death by fire. 509 01:07:14,376 --> 01:07:16,543 Lead her out. 510 01:07:22,293 --> 01:07:25,210 Reverend Brother Crespo. Excuse me. 511 01:07:25,210 --> 01:07:28,835 The Dominican Father Vincente da Silva requests an audience. 512 01:07:28,835 --> 01:07:31,543 Tell him that it is granted. 513 01:07:31,543 --> 01:07:34,668 Father Vincente? What could he have for us? 514 01:07:55,793 --> 01:08:00,168 We're delighted to see our brother here with us. 515 01:08:00,168 --> 01:08:04,585 - Forgive me, Your Eminence. - Speak frankly. 516 01:08:04,585 --> 01:08:07,793 A matter of great urgency brings me to you. 517 01:08:07,793 --> 01:08:12,376 A novice of our convent is suspected of dishonouring our faith 518 01:08:12,376 --> 01:08:14,710 and being in league with the devil. 519 01:08:14,710 --> 01:08:18,668 - She hasn't confessed yet. - And you think we will make her confess? 520 01:08:18,668 --> 01:08:21,418 I don't see any other way of saving her soul. 521 01:08:21,418 --> 01:08:25,085 It would be extremely helpful if you could take care of her. 522 01:08:26,001 --> 01:08:29,460 A heretic who is suspected of being a paramour of the devil 523 01:08:29,460 --> 01:08:32,293 should be granted the mercy of the Inquisition. 524 01:08:32,293 --> 01:08:36,793 That's true, but not everyone approves of us. Devout faith is often scorned. 525 01:08:36,793 --> 01:08:42,710 It is becoming difficult to execute sentences, even if the accused has been found guilty. 526 01:08:42,710 --> 01:08:45,751 The Grand Inquisitor's power is wearing off... 527 01:08:48,210 --> 01:08:50,460 ..in the battle with the secular powers. 528 01:09:05,251 --> 01:09:10,668 Mother Alma! Sisters, call the abbess. His Eminence the Inquisitor is here. 529 01:09:13,835 --> 01:09:18,751 Hurry up! Go and get the abbess and the novice Marie. 530 01:09:18,751 --> 01:09:20,335 Hurry up! 531 01:09:20,335 --> 01:09:22,918 - Call Mother Alma. - What's the matter? 532 01:09:22,918 --> 01:09:26,210 - The Inquisitor is here. - He's come here himself? 533 01:09:26,210 --> 01:09:28,210 Let's hurry. 534 01:09:29,293 --> 01:09:33,585 Antonia, Martina, go and get the novice Marie from her confinement cell. 535 01:09:35,168 --> 01:09:38,293 I'll make sure she won't even get a word in edgeways. 536 01:10:28,626 --> 01:10:30,835 Your Eminence. 537 01:10:34,501 --> 01:10:36,501 - Eminence? - My child? 538 01:10:36,501 --> 01:10:42,293 Thank you for coming. In our helplessness, we really need you. 539 01:10:42,293 --> 01:10:48,001 It is duty that brings me here, Mother, official duty. 540 01:10:48,001 --> 01:10:52,585 But, as you know, it's a great pleasure for us to see you again. 541 01:10:52,585 --> 01:10:54,210 My Father. 542 01:11:04,501 --> 01:11:06,960 How unfortunate. 543 01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:10,460 She's barely 14 years old, and she's already a sinner. 544 01:11:41,876 --> 01:11:44,543 Please give me your blessing, Father. 545 01:12:27,835 --> 01:12:31,335 Conte de Ariano, have the carriages stop. 546 01:12:31,335 --> 01:12:34,043 Stop the carriages. 547 01:12:34,043 --> 01:12:38,418 In the name of His Majesty Prince Manuel, stop. 548 01:12:38,418 --> 01:12:41,876 Are you deaf? Stop in the name of His Majesty! 549 01:12:41,876 --> 01:12:44,793 Outrageous! They're simply carrying on. 550 01:12:44,793 --> 01:12:47,960 - Who was that? - His Eminence, the Inquisitor. 551 01:12:47,960 --> 01:12:51,626 - And the girl? - Probably a so-called witch. 552 01:12:51,626 --> 01:12:54,793 - I'll put a stop to this. - But how, Your Majesty? 553 01:12:54,793 --> 01:13:00,210 Until you can prove that witches don't exist, the church will continue to burn them. 554 01:13:00,210 --> 01:13:02,668 I shall teach them otherwise. 555 01:13:05,126 --> 01:13:09,293 You are Marie Rosalia Coutinho, and you're 14 years old? 556 01:13:09,293 --> 01:13:11,710 Yes, Your Eminence. 557 01:13:11,710 --> 01:13:14,835 Is it true or false that you are possessed by the devil? 558 01:13:15,960 --> 01:13:17,460 I am. It is true. 559 01:13:17,460 --> 01:13:21,918 Have you had unchaste relationships to your fellow sisters under his influence? 560 01:13:21,918 --> 01:13:24,918 Yes, I have. 561 01:13:24,918 --> 01:13:28,918 Is it true or false that you have sacrificed your virginity to Satan 562 01:13:28,918 --> 01:13:31,376 and that you could be called a paramour? 563 01:13:31,376 --> 01:13:34,585 Yes, Your Excellence, it is true. That is what I am. 564 01:13:34,585 --> 01:13:39,293 You are an apostate heretic, which is perfectly sufficient for the sentence. 565 01:13:39,293 --> 01:13:42,918 Take her back to the dungeon until we execute her. 566 01:13:44,585 --> 01:13:49,668 Before you do that, you should interrogate the ones who were accessories to my fall - 567 01:13:50,460 --> 01:13:54,293 the abbess, who calls herself "High Priestess", and the disciplinarian. 568 01:13:54,293 --> 01:13:58,876 They asked me to do evil things. It is they who are possessed by evil. 569 01:13:58,876 --> 01:14:04,293 They seduced me, violated me and sacrificed me to him in a sinful manner. 570 01:14:04,293 --> 01:14:07,418 - Are you going to listen to any more of this? - Slanderer! 571 01:14:09,543 --> 01:14:14,210 To the dungeon with her. Even at the stake she will insist on her lie. 572 01:14:14,210 --> 01:14:17,876 The devil's spirit is within her. She's a perverted witch. 573 01:14:17,876 --> 01:14:23,293 Reverend Abbess, dear Brother Vincente, there's no need for further evidence. 574 01:14:23,293 --> 01:14:26,126 We've already passed judgement on her. 575 01:14:26,126 --> 01:14:29,876 There is no doubt that she is guilty. 576 01:14:29,876 --> 01:14:33,710 Which means that she'll be burnt publicly as a recidivous heretic. 577 01:14:33,710 --> 01:14:38,751 The accusations against you will be dealt with in a separate trial later. 578 01:14:38,751 --> 01:14:45,585 - You dare to put us on trial? - Then I ask you to begin immediately. 579 01:14:45,585 --> 01:14:49,293 - Quiet! - Keep calm, dear Brother and Sister. 580 01:14:49,293 --> 01:14:53,960 We don't believe the statement of a witch who is possessed by the devil. 581 01:14:53,960 --> 01:14:59,626 But the Brother Secretary is right to request this trial. It's in the interest of our church. 582 01:14:59,626 --> 01:15:03,626 If he has overzealously overestimated his duty in this case, 583 01:15:03,626 --> 01:15:05,751 we'll find a better solution for you. 584 01:15:05,751 --> 01:15:08,460 It should be possible to convince the accused 585 01:15:08,460 --> 01:15:12,918 to withdraw her false allegations against you by signing a document. 586 01:15:12,918 --> 01:15:16,335 These will then be deleted from the transcript. 587 01:15:16,335 --> 01:15:18,793 That is the common procedure, isn't it? 588 01:15:18,793 --> 01:15:22,543 So I suggest you get this signature 589 01:15:22,543 --> 01:15:26,251 and thus spare us a bothersome interrogation. 590 01:15:27,210 --> 01:15:32,501 No effort is wasted if you manage to bring this sinner closer to the Lord again... 591 01:15:34,085 --> 01:15:37,168 ..before He delivers her from her sins in the fire. 592 01:16:04,418 --> 01:16:09,710 - So, will you withdraw your allegation? - What allegation? That you violated me? 593 01:16:09,710 --> 01:16:14,293 Punish her for this lie. Tighten the chains. 594 01:16:16,126 --> 01:16:18,001 Tighten them. 595 01:16:27,793 --> 01:16:29,668 Tighten them. 596 01:16:32,460 --> 01:16:36,126 You will sign. Tighten them! 597 01:16:36,126 --> 01:16:37,501 Yes. 598 01:16:38,460 --> 01:16:40,751 What shall I sign? 599 01:16:43,126 --> 01:16:45,626 The withdraw of your lies. 600 01:16:45,793 --> 01:16:48,418 Lies? What lies? 601 01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:51,168 You are possessed by the devil. 602 01:16:52,418 --> 01:16:55,210 Only torture is the answer to this defamation. 603 01:17:08,126 --> 01:17:09,418 Withdrawal? 604 01:17:15,835 --> 01:17:19,335 So, you will sign the withdraw? 605 01:17:20,710 --> 01:17:24,751 I am not allowed to. No. 606 01:17:31,918 --> 01:17:33,585 I am not allowed to do that. 607 01:17:52,085 --> 01:17:58,043 You will sign. You will revoke your lies. Revoke theml. Do you hear mel. 608 01:18:06,210 --> 01:18:07,543 Loosen the chains. 609 01:18:39,626 --> 01:18:42,751 This signature will have brought you closer to the Lord. 610 01:18:42,751 --> 01:18:45,418 The Lord will release me. 611 01:18:45,418 --> 01:18:47,460 - Yes. - Let's go, Father. 612 01:18:49,418 --> 01:18:51,085 All right. 613 01:20:17,043 --> 01:20:18,710 No, not yet. 614 01:20:18,710 --> 01:20:22,918 The church, which grants sanctuary to every penitent conscience, 615 01:20:22,918 --> 01:20:27,126 has sentenced you through the judges of the Holy Inquisition. 616 01:20:27,126 --> 01:20:30,210 Because you are a paramour of the devil and a heretic, 617 01:20:30,210 --> 01:20:35,251 you shall be burnt at the stake, standing upright on the place of your execution. 618 01:20:35,251 --> 01:20:37,751 No. No. 619 01:20:42,251 --> 01:20:44,710 O Lord, help me. 620 01:22:26,626 --> 01:22:31,793 Forgive me, God. I know You have more important matters to attend to than me, 621 01:22:31,793 --> 01:22:34,335 a sinner. 622 01:22:34,335 --> 01:22:36,251 But I must write to You. 623 01:22:36,251 --> 01:22:40,751 Beloved Lord, I must tell someone who will listen to me. 624 01:22:40,751 --> 01:22:46,751 The abbess of Serra d'Aires and Father Vincente have involved me in great guilt. 625 01:22:46,751 --> 01:22:50,626 I cannot believe that I am possessed by the devil, as they say, 626 01:22:50,626 --> 01:22:53,585 for I love only You, Heavenly Father. 627 01:22:53,585 --> 01:22:58,168 I wish I had remained Your child because I do not want to belong to anyone but You. 628 01:22:58,168 --> 01:23:03,835 Now I will be burnt at the stake. The agony of torture will be over then. 629 01:23:05,585 --> 01:23:10,543 But I will go to hell, and from there I will not be able to contact You again. 630 01:23:10,543 --> 01:23:15,918 We will be separated forever. Thus I will never see You. 631 01:23:15,918 --> 01:23:19,751 My mother has often told me that You were omnipresent. 632 01:23:19,751 --> 01:23:24,960 How can You be when I am in eternal perdition, atoning for my sins? 633 01:23:24,960 --> 01:23:30,793 You are punishing me very severely, but I shall do it out of love for You, 634 01:23:30,793 --> 01:23:35,210 to prove to You that I truly love You more than anything else in the world. 635 01:23:35,210 --> 01:23:38,335 Yours, Maria Rosalia Coutinho, 636 01:23:38,335 --> 01:23:43,668 a Portuguese nun who greets You from the bottom of her heart. 637 01:23:48,585 --> 01:23:51,335 The dungeons of the Vatican, Conte de Ariano. 638 01:23:51,335 --> 01:23:54,960 From the windows of his castle, the Inquisitor sees them every day. 639 01:23:54,960 --> 01:23:58,751 A man who has to judge good and bad, true and false, 640 01:23:58,751 --> 01:24:03,751 mustn't dread the sight of the acts of cruelty with which he seeks to uncover the truth. 641 01:24:51,418 --> 01:24:54,001 Was it a pigeon that just fell on those bushes? 642 01:24:54,001 --> 01:24:57,335 Unless I'm blind, it was a piece of paper, Your Majesty. 643 01:24:57,335 --> 01:24:59,376 We'll go and have a look. 644 01:25:09,585 --> 01:25:12,543 A message...from heaven. 645 01:25:20,918 --> 01:25:23,751 It is indeed a piece of paper, my Prince. 646 01:25:27,835 --> 01:25:29,418 Read it. 647 01:25:30,418 --> 01:25:34,251 "Forgive me, God, but I must tell someone who will listen. 648 01:25:34,251 --> 01:25:40,001 "The abbess of Serra d'Aires and Father Vincente have involved me in great guilt. 649 01:25:40,001 --> 01:25:44,460 "Tomorrow I will be burnt at the stake. Heavenly Father, I love only You. 650 01:25:44,460 --> 01:25:46,418 "Yours, Maria Rosalia Coutinho." 651 01:26:18,210 --> 01:26:21,376 Stop! Do you want to end up on the woodpile too? 652 01:27:00,668 --> 01:27:03,585 - Are you all possessed by the devil? - Not us, her. 653 01:27:03,585 --> 01:27:05,585 Quiet now! 654 01:27:38,585 --> 01:27:40,210 Make way. 655 01:27:40,210 --> 01:27:45,751 Make room for His Majesty Prince Manuel Goncales of Portugal. 656 01:27:45,751 --> 01:27:48,335 Quash the sentence immediately. 657 01:27:48,335 --> 01:27:51,251 It was imposed by the Judge of the Inquisition. Who...? 658 01:27:51,251 --> 01:27:52,876 His Royal Majesty. 659 01:27:52,876 --> 01:27:56,835 There must be another hearing in the trial of Maria Rosalia Coutinho. 660 01:27:56,835 --> 01:28:00,710 Furthermore, the ones who are really guilty must be brought to trial. 661 01:28:00,710 --> 01:28:04,876 The accused has confessed her guilt. Who else is supposed to be guilty? 662 01:28:04,876 --> 01:28:06,376 Those two. 663 01:28:07,168 --> 01:28:08,793 - Arrest them. - Who? 664 01:28:08,793 --> 01:28:13,043 You failed to bring them to trial, Eminence. You shall do it now. 665 01:28:47,418 --> 01:28:50,335 In the name of His Majesty, stop! 666 01:28:51,210 --> 01:28:53,335 You are his prisoners.