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SAN ACACIO, 1986

Would you like anything for dinner?

No, thank you, honey.

Honey?

José? Is that you?

Federico?

Mom? Mom!

Mom...

What did you do to my dad?

THE ENVOYS

Deliver us from eternal death, Lord.

Deliver us from all evil, Lord.

Deliver us from all sin, Lord.

Deliver us from all evil, Lord.

Deliver us from all sin, Lord.

Deliver us from eternal death, Lord.

What are you doing here?

What the heck are you doing? What are you doing?

- What are you doing with her? - Help! Help me!

What are you doing with the girl?

- Help me! - Let me go.

Let me go!

Get out of here, now. Get out!

- Get out! - Let the girl go, please.

- Get out. - Let the girl go, please!

The girl is coming with us!

Deliver us from all sin, Lord.

Move.

Come with me.

It's not him.

Quintana, it's not him.

They are two different bodies of children, it appears.

And they've been there for a long time.

Do you have any missing person report around here?

No.

No, not that I remember, no.

Two children in a priest camp.

This is messed up.

Excuse me.

Hello?

- Are you OK, Adriana? - Yes.

- Did they hurt you? You sure? - No.

What were they doing to that girl?

A satanic ritual?

No, on the contrary.

It's a Roman ritual,

and it wasn't the girl, it was the woman.

- What? - Oh, man, come on.

- What is that? - I can't believe this.

- What? - I can't believe it.

What is it you can't believe?

- It's part of the tradition. - With a girl?

- Well. - Our tradition is the communion.

- Yes. - The confirmation, not exorcism.

That's not part of our tradition,

that's a disgrace.

Oh, expelling demons is a disgrace, Father?

Don't tell me you believe in that too.

You, being a doctor?

Don't tell me you don't believe in the Devil. You, a priest?

I'm not the only one, you know?

Some of us left the XVIII century behind.

Well, apparently, I got stuck on the Medieval times then.

The Devil is a metaphor.

And so is the apple and the ark, the Devil is us.

Now the street professor is giving me a lecture, right?

Do you know what the Devil is?

The Devil is that sick old man taking advantage

of that insane woman, that's the Devil!

That's enough!

For Christ's sake!

Are we crazy or what?

The Devil made a great work with you

making you believe he doesn't exist.

Oh, come on...

All these days sleeping with Baudelaire

- without realizing it. - What are you talking about?

If the Devil was real,

he wouldn't go around possessing people.

That's enough with your nonsense!

There are women out there that need us

and you two debating about your ideas.

Save your lectures for another time.

We need to get out of here.

How, doctor? Any ideas?

Those bastards. Scumbags.

Bastards!

What the hell, Molina?

What is it? What is going on?

I need you to come with me, please.

Come and see it with your own eyes.

Come with me please, this way. Hold on, one moment.

- Stop, please. - There's a girl downstairs.

Father, wait.

And that bastard that threatened us!

Hold on.

They were here.

Fathers, please come with me. I'm not asking nicely again.

- Come with me. - I swear it, they were here!

Let's go.

And did you know about this? About what Benavent is doing?

Benavent does what he has to

and that's none of your business.

You're working for them, are you?

- What did they do to Rafael? - Cut it out, Adriana.

Nor Benavent nor Prado nor I did nothing to him.

How many times do I have to tell you?

- Why can't you just trust me? - You son of a bitch.

You have no idea about what's going on here,

and you don't either.

We can't afford to lose Benavent now that Quintana isn't here.

Was Quintana a part of this?

Federico, we are very sorry for your loss.

I'm Eufemio Benavent.

This is my assistant, Guillermo Prado.

- I'm very sorry. - We both are.

Before all of this happened, did you see anything odd?

Something that maybe your parents did?

Maybe they met up with strange people.

They used to pray, right? Where they good Catholic people?

Did they baptize you?

Yes.

Let me, will you?

Your mom is a good woman

who loves you and your dad very much.

This shouldn't have happened,

but on this village a lot of things happen.

Don't worry.

Now you have us, and we'll protect you.

Trust us, we will protect you.

Go to the hospital, Adriana. Please, they need you there.

I'm not going anywhere. Did you give them the video?

Is Rafael alive? Did you give them the video?

- Shut your mouth, Adriana. - Hey, calm down.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

Go to the damn hospital and wait there.

You are coming with me, and you'll go with my officers.

- Yeah? Where am we going? - Cuff him up and take him

- to the patrol car, please. - Let me go.

- Where are we going, huh? - Take him away.

- Why are you taking me? - Let's do this the easy way, OK?

Adriana, go to the hospital.

Prado is on a crisis.

They found him outside of his bed, he's really weak.

- Oh, come on. - Don't let him die, we need him.

Fine.

Can you tell me what's going on?

- Yes, I'll tell you later. - No, I'm not going anywhere

- until I get an explanation. - I'll explain later. Listen.

Come on, let's go.

Where are you taking me, huh?

You know people saw

when you took me out of the hospice, right?

Please, let me go.

I'll be generous with you

and I'll put on a good word about you, really. Please...

Team 2, they're taking the children's bodies

from the Christian camp.

We're staying guarding the perimeter.

Where are we?

INCOMING CALL SISTER EMILIA GRAVIANO

What are you doing?

Give me the phone back, come on. Now you also steal cellphones?

- Get him on the chopper. - Come on, man. Please.

Give me the phone back.

Radio the captain that we're all set.

Yes, sir.

HIDALGO MEDICAL CLINIC

Alright, please step aside.

All clear.

Please step aside, all clear.

Once again, doctor?

Time of death: 8:36 a.m.

Noted.

Doctor.

Take him to Pathology, please. I'll sign that later.

Ask Muñoz to check for anything odd

with his airway.

Yes, doctor.

You again?

Can you please explain what is going on?

Where is my partner?

You can't harm us, we're also priests.

Please, Father. Who do you think we are?

Your hitmen just put a gun to our foreheads,

for God's sake!

Your partner has just been taken to Rome.

And you, I apologize for all the misunderstandings.

We should have told you earlier that we were waiting for you.

Who?

Who is waiting for me?

Us, Father.

I was a little dazed because of your partner's rudeness

and I didn't realize you are the answer to my prayers,

to the whole village's prayers really.

I don't follow, can you explain what you're talking about?

I was praying for Father Prado's soul.

They just called me to let me know.

What happened?

We lost a good man, Father.

God completely forgot about this village.

We are hopeless.

We lost Quintana and Father Prado, but...

fortunately, we have you.

We can make our stand again with you by our side.

You're one of us, Father.

Metzi.

Do we have our destination clear?

What the hell are you doing? Give it back!

Land this chopper, now!

Father, you don't look nice as a gunman.

Please, land this chopper now.

You are not going to shoot.

Land it now!

You don't have the guts!

You think just because I'm a priest I won't shoot?

You have no idea how much guts we have in Spain!

Land the chopper!

Go back down.

Get off of the cabin. Get off.

Get off, come on!

Walk to the car!

- Walk to the car, come on! - You are so screwed!

Walk to the car!

I'm done with your crap.

Screw this, screw that. Open the car.

Do you have any idea what you're doing?

Open the car, turn on the engine and then step down.

- Come on! - Damn bastard.

Come on!

Keep your feet out of the car.

Feet out of the car. Come on! Turn the car on.

Get down.

Get down, get down.

What do you think happens next, huh?

- Get down. Walk back. - Where are you going to go?

Badi!

Yes.

Badi!

- My Badi. - My boy.

What are you doing here?

I've been looking for you these days.

And I've been waiting for years, my boy.

And now you're a grown man, a holy man.

- How did you find me? - No, you found me.

I live here.

Metzi, you were so sensitive to things since you were a kid.

You've figured out what's going on here, haven't you?

So many ill people for such a small village.

So much death.

So much death, Metzi...

Excuse me.

INCOMING CALL GUERRERO

These are all of Father Antequera's cases.

They are duplications, canonizations,

relics and martyrs.

This is unbelievable.

How is it possible that such a hard-working man

has ended up like this? That's a sin.

He could have made it so far,

he could have been state secretary.

And how will he end up like? Being the small-town priest,

somewhere far away like Cambodia.

- Sister? - Yes?

You too.

Me too, what?

You are part of Father Antequera's actives

that now belong to me, now you work for me.

- But... - No, no.

On this institution the only acceptable "but"

comes from a man, I'm sorry.

INCOMING CALL BENAVENT

Excuse me.

You feel more at ease?

I wish I was, but the bug won't leave.

Antequera? Wasn't he on his way?

We put him on a chopper to take him to the airport,

and he managed to escape.

Find him and do what you must.

I didn't take you as a pragmatic man.

And what other choice there is?

To lose a silent battle of thousands of years

because some priest won't obey an order?

Come on. Do what you have to do.

- Yes? - Excuse me, Your Excellence.

I forgot my cellphone.

- Excuse me. Have a good day. - Good evening.

To lose a silent battle of thousands of years

because some priest won't obey an order? Come on.

Hello?

Son, where are you?

I'm heading home now.

Come to the hospital, I need to see you.

I'm tired, I want to get home already.

Please. Come to the hospital.

San Acacio was one of the largest courts

during the Inquisition.

So much torture, so much sorrow and pain.

It seems like they made some sort of jail here,

where it seems the Devil feels trapped.

Because he goes around doing as he wishes.

We've tried everything, Father.

But he'd always win.

What worked for my colleagues in other places,

does not work here.

What colleagues?

Exorcists.

People say the Devil speaks to them,

that he presents himself.

He even tells them when he's abandoning the body.

But nothing of that sort happens here, Father.

We tried with so many rites,

and then it came to the children.

The Devil takes advantage of our weaknesses,

but the children, he can't use them.

Because they have no impurity, they have no evil.

They have no doubt.

And they are more powerful than anybody.

This might sound shallow,

but I didn't know you were Catholic, Badi.

I'm not.

You call him the Devil.

I know him as Zithu.

Anyway, the name doesn't matter.

It's not a monster with a pointy beard and horns,

it's some sort of intelligence, but with no will.

It's like a virus.

The virus doesn't want to harm you,

the virus does what it must do,

because that's its nature, to destroy.

- Son. - What's wrong, mom?

I was arriving home already.

Look at your eyes, how long since you last slept?

I sleep more than you.

- You took something, didn't you? - Oh, cut it out. Really.

Maybe you need to see someone again, it's...

Come on, that's why you called me? Just for that?

Hey, hold on. No, no. Esteban, don't leave.

I'm worried about you, honey.

You need to take something so you can sleep better.

I told you I won't see that jerk of Antonio again.

Keep your voice down.

It doesn't have to be Antonio.

It could be Dr. Iriarte, he's a great psychiatrist.

I can speak with him so you can see him this afternoon.

I don't want you to talk to anybody.

It will only take five minutes.

Could you at least do it for me? Please?

OK.

Let me know when.

Hey, Adriana.

- What the hell? - Hush, don't yell.

- Don't yell. - What did they do to you?

What happened?

They wanted to take me out of this village on a chopper.

I had to take a gun from them,

I nearly killed them all and jump off the chopper.

But I managed to escape in the end.

Don't come with nonsense.

I need to talk with Prado.

Prado didn't make it.

He went into shock and he didn't make it.

What?

I was the one who confronted him.

He ran away because of me.

Are you sure he died from the surgery?

- What else if not? - I don't know,

I don't trust Benavent. He is capable of doing anything.

Didn't you notice anything strange?

No.

Not medically, at least.

- What do you mean? - Nothing.

No, it's nothing. I don't want to say anything,

it's been a long night and...

and maybe my senses tricked me.

Adriana, calm down.

You have nothing to do with any of this.

All of the blood comes from the same place,

and it has to do with Quintana.

There's someone who could clear out everything, but...

I will need you to help me.

- Hi. - Hello.

Do you digitalize VHS cassettes here?

Yes. VHS, 8 mm and more. What do you need?

Well, what we actually need are the used VHS,

- the ones people leave behind. - Yes.

People take those,

and if they leave any, we just throw them away.

Don't you happen to have any lying around?

- We've been looking everywhere. - Everywhere.

I think I have some around,

but I don't know if you'd like to buy them.

- Yes, sure. - Anything.

- Any content, it doesn't matter. - Right, it's fine.

OK. Hold on a second, OK?

- OK. - Thank you.

It's a difficult case, look.

We've been trying to cure this poor woman for months.

PAST AND PRESENT FANTASIES

I'm sorry, it's all I got.

Well, it's fine.

It's fine. Let's take the covers off.

"Anal purée"?

I don't even want to imagine.

- It's in English. - Yes, it's...

I didn't get it.

Well. You weren't that wrong either.

Is the channel ready, doctor?

More than ready. This one is very brave.

Right, Diego?

Drink it.

You just have to repeat exactly what I say

and you should be fine.

Is that clear?

Don't be afraid.

Good.

God, all mighty Father.

God, all mighty Father.

Who wants salvation for every man.

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler.

Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler.

You won't need to worry about dangers at night

or arrows during the day.

You won't need to worry about dangers at night...

Hi.

No, let him go!

No, please! Please.

Calm down, I'm not beating you up.

I know how to forgive.

What do you want?

You were looking for this yesterday, right?

Where did you get that?

Is that what you were looking for?

You were looking for the videos because you appear on them.

Will you help us put the pieces together now?

You didn't just find Valentina ten years ago.

You and the other psychos left her there

because you thought she was dead.

Valentina was dead.

We couldn't save her.

What about the camp kids?

You couldn't help them either, right?

We thought they were powerful.

We never wanted anything to happen to them.

It was a mistake.

- Deliver her from all sin, Lord. - Deliver her from all sin, Lord.

Deliver her from the Devil's tricks.

Deliver her, Lord.

Blessed art thou among women...

...the arrow that flies by day.

Hail, Mary, full of grace...

...the tricks of the Devil...

Deliver us from eternal death, Lord.

...deliver us, Lord.

Hail, Mary, full of grace.

Blessed art thou amongst women.

By your birth, Lord, save your people.

By your holy fasting, Lord, save your people.

From all evil, Lord, save your people.

I just did what they asked.

At the beginning, I would just attend.

I would join the prayers.

Then I began recording.

Why recording it?

It was the Vatican's orders.

The exorcism ritual requires

that at least one member of the possessed person's family

to be present during the ritual.

And as Benavent knew

it could become very violent and dangerous,

he denied the family to be present,

just the necessary people.

Bastards.

Then the Vatican requested to record every moment.

The children that died, are they recorded?

Was Quintana involved in those rituals, right?

No, no he was...

He was never present.

Father, is it possible

that Rafael found out about this and...

he wanted to report it?

Quintana didn't participate in the rituals,

but he knew about everything.

I wasn't able to bear with it, but he understood.

He always talked of a greater good.

And Benavent, Prado, they all loved Quintana.

They really believed he was miraculous.

They would've never harmed him, never.

And neither him to them.

And what other choice there is?

To lose a silent battle of thousands of years

because some priest won't obey an order?

Come on. Do what you have to do.

"Do what you have to do."

She'll be fine, don't worry.

Sometimes they get hurt.

Look, that's Father Antonio. He's our psychiatrist.

He takes care of separating the mentally ill

and the ones that have something else.

Will you come with us, Father?

We're heading to the hospital.

HIDALGOS MEDICAL CLINIC

Rafael knew two children died and also did Federico.

Why didn't they do anything?

INCOMING CALL FEDERICO

- Aren't you going to answer? - No.

Can I borrow your phone for a second?

Thank you.

Julio. Can I bother you for a second?

It's no bother at all. Tell me.

I wanted to know how it went with Esteban.

- What do you think? - He didn't show up.

What do you mean he didn't show up?

I'm sorry, I thought you knew.

Adriana, if Esteban isn't doing OK

or won't accept treatment, there are other options.

No. No, Julio, don't worry.

I just want things to go back as they used to be,

when his dad was still alive.

I understand.

This man will handle the expenses,

- in any case we... - You go see about that, please.

I'll see he gets admitted properly.

Adriana.

INCOMING CALL FEDERICO

- Dr. Adriana, please. - What happened?

She hit her head, she's unconscious.

Her vitals are stable, she's not bleeding.

Let's go.

Pedro.

- I was so worried about you. - Are you OK?

- What happened? - What?

- What did they do to you? - Nothing, it's nothing.

- Pedro. - I'm fine, I'm fine.

I saw the ritual, Father.

- A ritual? - Yes.

I don't know why I'm telling you this,

you're the only priest

who doesn't believe in the Devil.

Perfect. A ritual?

Yes. It's not what you think.

It's not a dark ceremony, it's an exorcism.

Let's call things like they are.

It's something that apparently they have studied

and analyzed very well,

and I spoke to the psychiatrist that works with them.

They found some bodies in the camp.

- What? - You know what type of bodies?

They were children.

Those bastards are killing children.

How do you know that?

How do you know that, Father?

In this place some extraordinary things are happening,

and they had to turn to extraordinary solutions

in order to try and resolve them.

- What are you saying? - That.

- Did they brainwash you? - I saw it myself.

I saw it, there's a psychiatrist that evaluates them

and dismisses any possible mental disorder.

It's something different.

A psychiatrist that happens to work for them.

- No, no... - This is a damn business, Pedro.

Don't you see? Please, they are dangerous.

What else do you believe in besides of yourself, Father?

You're just a curia politician

that only thinks about becoming Pope.

I believe in God with no cheap allegories

- or tales for ignorant people. - Right.

- That's what you believe in. - What if there's something

- you can't explain? - About what?

I can make those bastards explain everything.

And how can you explain my drawings?

How do you explain my absences, the drawings I showed you.

I came upon Badi, the woman who took care of me as a child,

the one that was with me during my absences.

She lives here, and they're working together

despite having completely different beliefs,

they work together against the same thing.

Stop it. Stop it!

Your nanny lives on this village?

- Yes. - For God's sake...

- What's wrong with it? - What's wrong?

You drew those pigs and drew this village

because it's what she told you about since you were little.

Don't you realize?

Those bastards have their hands stained with the blood

of those children, Pedro.

The important thing is,

what are you going to do with this information?

- Adriana. - What is it?

Why don't you answer me? I've been calling you.

- Where is he? - Who?

The priest, don't play dumb.

I haven't seen him since you took him.

What? Did you lose him?

Hey.

INCOMING CALL MONSIGNOR BENAVENT

- Hello? - Do you have Antequera?

- No, not yet. - When you do find him,

don't take him to the heliport.

Where do I take him then?

We need to put an end to this for once.

No. No, no. No, I can't do that.

You can and you must, Federico.

Or do you want more children to become like you?

Seeing their mother wielding a poker?

Are you really joining those lunatics?

Really?

Pedro, you're eating up the chosen one tale.

Please, stop thinking as a priest

and start thinking as the doctor you are.

Pedro...

I have to go.

Hey.

What is it?

I just received this.

You saw it already?

I need to say some things.

I'm tired of all of this, I'm...

I'm tired about lying, lying to the people.

I...

I am a con man.

I don't do miracles, I never had.

I don't know how to.

I've never helped anyone.

I've deceived many people,

I've brought them hope and faith

when I shouldn't have done that.

I offer my apologies to all the people

that believed in me.

They believed because I wanted it that way.

Believing too much can be dangerous.

I'm sorry...

I can't do this anymore.

I'm sorry.

I really am.