Il Rito

Titolo originale: The Rite
Regia: Mikael Håfström |
Anno: 2011
Origine: United States of America | Hungary |
Generi: Dramma Thriller Horror
Tag: vatican (holy see) | exorcism | violinist | god | priest | hospital | church | devil | miscarriage | roman catholic church | exorcist | disbelief | seminary | limp | toad | clergy | formalin | scepticism | horrified |
Cast: Anthony Hopkins | Colin O'Donoghue | Alice Braga | Rutger Hauer | Ciarán Hinds | Toby Jones | Maria Grazia Cucinotta | Marta Gastini | Arianna Veronesi | Andrea Calligari | Christopher Rodriguez Marquette | Torrey DeVitto | Ben Cheetham | Marija Karan | Rosa Pianeta | Giampiero Ingrassia | Rosario Tedesco | Cecilia Dazzi | Attila Bardóczy | Nadia Kibout | Anita Pititto | Sandor Baranyai | Fabiola Balestriere | Aniko Vincze |

Il giovane Michael Kovak aiuta il padre nell’impresa funebre di famiglia. Per fuggire Michael entra in seminario, pur senza una vera vocazione. Dopo quattro anni, alla vigilia dell’ordinazione, Michael vorrebbe lasciare: sente che la sua fede non è solida. Scrive un’e-mail, ma prima di spedirla qualcosa lo scuote: una ragazza, vittima morente di un incidente stradale, gli chiede la benedizione e lui gliela impartisce. Michael riceve una proposta: partecipare a un corso di esorcismo a Roma nell’ambito di un programma del Vaticano. Michael accetta, anche per la prospettiva di passare due mesi a Roma, presentata come una città ancor più caotica di quanto non sia, per enfatizzare il contrasto con la quiete dei palazzi vaticani. L’approccio con il corso non è dei migliori: Michael non crede alla realtà degli esorcismi. Padre Xavier, che tiene il corso, lo indirizza allora all’esperto esorcista Padre Lucas. E con Padre Lucas, Michael comincia a dover rivedere le proprie convinzioni.

Approfondimenti

Franco Nero was in the announced cast. D
The image used to describe the demon Baal is usually that of a man, a cat, a toad, or a combination [...] D
In the climax, Michael Kovak (a seminarian) performs the exorcism on Father Lucas; however, this wou [...] D
The language Istvan Kovak (Rutger Hauer) speaks is Hungarian. It can be translated as: "My love, my [...] D
The "Redemption Theatre" seen towards the beginning is the Lyric Theatre at 12952 Western Avenue in [...] D
The writing on Father Lucas Trevant's (Sir Anthony Hopkins') wall ("Fi sydd biau fe nawr") is Welsh [...] D
The name of the author of the book appear onscreen before the name of the screen writer. D
When Father Lucas Trevant (Sir Anthony Hopkins) hands Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donaghue) the umbrella [...] D
Sir Anthony Hopkins and Toby Jones appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. D
Alice Braga (Angeline) is the niece of Sonia Braga in Il bacio della donna ragno (1985). D
Mikael Håfström attended exorcisms to prepare for directing this movie. He was not allowed to [...] D
The demon Ba'al actually reveals his name indirectly to Michael through the animal familiars associa [...] D
Ciarán Hinds played a priest in this movie, and played the devil named "Roarke" in Ghost Rider - [...] D
Three of Ba'al's victims had knowledge of the unknown, indicating their possession: Rosaria knew abo [...] D
The hymn that Father Lucas sings near the end when Michael enters the room is "Jesu, Lover of my Sou [...] D
The film is based off a book, which centers around real-life priest Father Gary Thomas. He was taske [...] D
Michael kept remarking that Rosaria needed to see a shrink as opposed to a priest. In real exorcisms [...] D
The first trailer for this movie featured music from Wojciech Kilar's score of Dracula di Bram Stoke [...] D
Sir Anthony Hopkins and Toby Jones have played Sir Alfred Hitchcock. Hopkins and Jones' father, Fred [...] D
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Denial." D