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Plot summary
Michael Kovak works as a mortician in his father Istvan's funeral business, then enters a seminary to earn a free degree, planning to resign once his studies end. As a deacon he writes to his superior, Father Matthew, that he has lost his faith. When a cyclist is struck by a van, she asks him for absolution, and he gives the blessing. Father Matthew tells him the Church needs exorcists and sends him to Rome for a course taught by Father Xavier, who notes his skepticism and sends him to Father Lucas, a priest trying to exorcise a pregnant sixteen-year-old named Rosaria.
Cast
- Arianna Veronesias Francesca
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Rite (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- To prepare, director Mikael Håfström attended real exorcisms in Rome, but he was never allowed inside the room itself and could only listen to what was happening from outside.
- Actor Franco Nero filmed a nine-minute monologue for the movie that was cut in its entirety before release.
