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- Sister - You frightened me again

- No more exorcising in church? - There will be more

But Mother Superior is to be kept in solitude

In solitude

Kneel down, Mother Joan

Kneel down, my daughter

Let us pray together

I'll say the prayers...

...and you try to communicate with me in the spirit

May peace come upon you

Love drives Evil away

Fill yourself with love

Is it possible not to give love for love?

Our Father who art in Heaven

Hosanna

We cleaned up the place nicely...

...but the pigeons are a nuisance

Tell Odrym to patch up the holes in the roof

Yes, Mother Joan

There are so many of those sweet birds

No one will disturb you here

Thank you, Sister

In solitude you may get rid of your pride

Your greatest sin

Mother Joan, when you're among people...

...you only think of your superiority

Who am l but a poor servant of the Lord...

...who worships Him in a remote convent?

I'm only a nun

What if my father is a prince of an impoverished branch?

He sits in his Smolensk marshes. No one knows him

Is it my fault that I'm possessed by eight powerful demons?

Be good like a child. Be happy like a child

God loves us very much

What if Satan leaves me and takes possession of you?

God have mercy upon my sinful soul

There's no truth on earth

You utter words of despair again

After so many days of prayer, so many nights of humility

Don't!

The devils are rising up in me again

You yourself are becoming a devil

Let go. Let go!

Father

- God be with you - Father Joseph is out

I've come to see you

You have no idea what's going on in the convent

No one is to move a step outside the gate

They're making bars for Father Joseph

Mother Joan's been worse than ever

It looks as bad as with Father Garniec

Shut up!

It may be an evil hour

The squire too keeps coming back to our muddy village

They say he's borrowing money from local Jews

Stupid

Squires don't do such things

You know nothing about it

Don't l? When it started with Father Garniec...

You must be surprised to see me back

But something drives me here

Are you so curious about the convent?

It's here, Father

What's the good of my coming here?

Who knows? He's a wise man

He always says, "Don't ask for trouble

"lt comes uninvited"

Please, come in

The rabbi is expecting you

You must be surprised

Not at all. I've been expecting to see one of you here

- You know? - I do

What are they?

A priest asking a poor rabbi...

...what demons are?

Don't you know?

Maybe the trouble is not demons but the absence of angels

Mother Joan's angel has gone and now she's alone with herself

Maybe it's only human nature

Stop this mockery, Jew

You sit over your books by candlelight...

...and you don't care that people suffer

That women...

Do women suffer? Let them. That's their fate

No one can escape his fate

What do you know of demons?

Sit down, priest

Say, what's an evil spirit, where does he abide?

What is he, where does he come from?

Who made him? Adonai?

God. Who else could have made him?

What if Satan created the world?

Enough!

For if the Lord created it...

...why is there so much evil in it?

Death and sickness and wars

Why are we Jews being persecuted?

Why are our sons being slaughtered?

Our daughters raped?

- Original sin - Original sin

The fall of the first parents?

How many times did man fall and rise?

How many times has patient Abel been killed by Cain?

All the evil man commits...

...is no measure of the evil that torments him

The fall of the first man, the fall of the first angel

Why did angels come down from heaven...

...to beget giants on earthly women?

Tell me why, Father?

Angels...

...are mysterious beings

Your Mother Joan calls herself 'of the Angels'

But what does she know of angels?

What are angels, Priest?

God sends them

And who sends the devil?

Unless God wills it, Satan cannot possess a man's soul

When can he possess it?

When man loves him very much

Can man love Satan?

Love is at the root of everything on Earth

We had a young squire here who loved a Jewish girl so much...

...that when he died he took possession of her soul

She was brought here and stood where you stand

And I called on this spirit to leave her

Did he?

He would not be driven out

You see!

He said to me he would not leave her

He took her soul

And she died

Love is as strong as death

I shall learn nothing from you

You'd like to learn everything at once

What my great grandfather taught...

...and his great grandfather

All that was written in the scrolls, in the Zohar and the Temureh

You want me to give it to you in three words

Just like some business receipt

One, two, three, then done?

You want to hear about all demons created by eternal Adonai?

And those born of countless angels and earthly women?

Those that have risen in you...

...to obscure your reason...

...and to take away your wisdom

And those that are now in your heart

You want to know all about demons?

Let them enter your soul

My demons are my business and my soul is my own

You are me and I am you

Oh, God. What are you saying?

You know nothing, Priest. You walk in darkness

Your ignorance is like the black cloak of night

I can teach you nothing. My teachings are not your teachings

You are me

Be gone!

Be gone

I too know nothing. Nothing at all

Sister, tell Mother Superior to come to the attic

- To the attic? - Tell her there will be no exorcisms

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth...

...and called thee from the chief men thereof

I have chosen thee and not cast thee away

Fear thou not for I am with thee

- Why have you called me? - I desire your salvation

Where is salvation?

It's so difficult for me to speak my heart

Speak, I'll take it upon myself

I shall absorb your sins

The most terrible thing is that I like Satan

It gives me joy being possessed

I'm proud this fate has befallen me

That the demons torment me more than the others

You commit the sin of pride again. Pray for your humility

- I am lost - I too thought I was lost

But now I don't believe it. I am strong, powerful

Mother Joan, I shall lead you

Where to? What way are you showing me?

You only want me to be calm, colourless, small

To be just like any ordinary nun

All right. Listen

I myself open my soul to the demons

But you want me to be like the thousands...

...who have no aim on earth

You want to see me at prayer all day long

To see me eating beans every day

Do you promise me salvation for this?

I do not want such salvation

If one can't be a saint, it's better to be damned

Oh, if only you could make me a saint. I want nothing else

Do you know what it means to understand everything?

It means to be one with light eternal and yet remain on Earth

To stand on altars with candles and incense

To return in prayer to all lips

Oh, that is life

That is life eternal

If not...

If not...

I'd rather be with the devils

Joan, calm yourself

Calm yourself

All redemption is in love

Love is as strong as death

Make a saint of me

That I cannot do

- Don't crush the grain - I'm scaring off the wolves

Wolves, right

Why is the child crying?

She's wet herself, Father

Take her to the kitchen or she'll catch a cold

And you wanted to scare off the wolves

Good

Well, yes

I think I'm being tempted to this sweet beer...

...by some lesser demon

For if evil exists, it can be great and small

The great devil is called Behemoth

And the small one, Beer, perhaps

Yes

Go home, Father Joseph. Go at once

The journey will calm you

You'll go back to your cell, see your books...

...and the demons may leave your body and soul

No, no!

I don't want them to. Let him stay in me

He is me and I am him

The devil who possessed her soul and body

Bells

For those who are lost

You can hear them far away

I like these bells

They ring every day

It's terrible in the forest, isn't it?

The wolves howl

The Evil One is at work

So?

She has changed already

Remember, we leave before dawn

Hold it

Hold it

Stop

Oh, my dear, dear mother I would take the veil, please

Rather than a husband who would be a brute, please

Rather than a lover with a stick to beat me

Rather than a thrashing I would take the veil, please

I would rather sing much with the nuns in the convent

Than take me a husband and much trouble with it

Why have you stopped singing?

Go on dancing and enjoying yourselves. God will forgive you

For you know not what you do

Man is a queer fish

What will become of your Mother Joan?

She'll stay a nun

And the devil?

The devil will always find work

The devils left Mother Joan and possessed Father Joseph

Sister Margaret too it seems

Has the squire come for her?

He's possessed too. She's so ugly

I like her

She's big

What about your dad?

Drinking and beating

- Do you pray for him? - No

Pray with me

Say, God guard my father

I don't mind if I do

- God, guard my father - And everybody

And everybody

Now go to sleep

Good night

Good night

You've come so soon

So soon

Go away!

Don't torment me

Stay!

I know that if you leave me you'll go back to Mother Joan

Don't go!

Let her be free. Let her be a saint

Take me

And don't ever go back to Mother Joan

Don't ever leave me!

What must I do?

No! Don't order me to do that

Stay!

Yes, I remember where the axe is

I remember

The stable smells of blood, Squire

Don't talk nonsense

- The horses sense something - Mount!

- And the lady? - Come on!

The squire's gone

The squire has deserted me

It's all your fault. You talked me into sin

Sister Margaret!

The squire has deserted me

You, son of the devil, to hell with you

Kaziuk!

The grooms have been killed

Kaziuk and the others have been murdered

Killed

I'll call the priest. Father Joseph

Father Joseph!

They were innocent

They went to heaven

Father Joseph

Oh, God. Now I'm in Satan's power for ever

Father Joseph, the squire has deserted me

- Go back - No

I won't go back to the convent

I can't

I do not want to

Go and tell Joan I did it for her

For her good. To save her

To keep the devils in me. They wanted to go back to her

Tell her. Don't forget

Tell her

I did it out of love