All language subtitles for The Devils (1971) [UNCUT] [Ken Russell - Controversial movie]

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His Majesty has triumphed again

I did pale beside the radiance
of His Majesty

I didn't know
she was interested in religion

I wonder who
His Majesty will favour today?

What devine benevolence

-I haven't seen her at court before
-What some people will do

Really Provincial bitch

Encore Encore Encore

A most original conception,
Your Majesty,

the birth of Venus

I pray that I may assist you
in the birth of a new France,

where Church and State are one

Amen

- The Devils -

And may the Protestant be driven
from the land

Come on,
you Protestant bastards

Come on, keep moving

Put your back into it

Move

Move

Get on Come on, there Move

I won't tell you again

Pull, you Protestant pigs Pull

Push it

The religious wars

are over

Catholic no longerfights

with Protestant

We have survived

And we owe our survival

to the wisdom and to the huity

of one ,

Georges de Sainte Marthe,

Governor of Loudun

For it was he
who prevailed upon all faiths alike

to keep the peace

And thus saved our city
from self-destruction

Other towns were less fortunate

And now our friend has been killed
by the plague

People of Loudun,

as often as you see our city walls

standing, still proud and erect,

no matter what your faith,

then surely you must feel a need

to build a temple in your hearts

in remembrance of he
who preserved them for you

-Amen
- Amen

-Oh, hurry up, it's my turn now
-It's not I haven't seen anything yet

If they don't hurry, he'll be gone

Is he as handsome as they say?

Oh, I can't see

Yes I can see the procession
It's coming up the steps

But I can't see
whether he's handsome yet

Yes I can see him

He's the most beautiful
in the world

Sister Agnes Sister Agnes

NUNS: Sister Agnes
Sister Agnes Sister Agnes

Why have you left your devotions?

They were watching Father Grandier

We wanted to see the funeral procession

of Monsieur Sainte Marthe,
Reverend Mother

Satan is ever-ready to seduce us
with sensual delights

Your prayers for Sainte Marthe
will be the more zealous

for not seeing his funeral

That is the strength
of the enclosed order

Yes, I know, Reverend Mother,
but it was a solemn Requiem

and the Cardinal would have given us
a dispensation to attend

The powers of your uncle the Cardinal
are not in dispute, Sister Agnes

You are not satisfied
with the contemplative life

You should have joined the Poor Clares,
nursed the victims of the plague,

scrubbed out their vermin-ridden hovels

-But Mother, I love our order
-Then you shall combine the two,

scrub out the convent from top to bottom
on your knees

and pray for the soul
of the dead at the same time

Every Tuesday afternoon, an hour in bed

with the lace-maker's widow,
then off to take confession

I mean, the hypocrisy of it

It's no worse than
his penitents, the pretty ones, anyway

They do it right there,
in the sacristy, almost in front of

the blessed sacrament

Grandier could have me
anywhere, even on the Holy Altar itself

Shh That's sacrilege
Look, there he is

Now, there's a
well worth going to Hell for, eh?

Don't look at me
Don't look at me Don't look at me

I'm beautiful I'm beautiful

Take away my hump

Take away my hump

Take away my hump

Christ, let me find a way to you

Take me in your sacred arms

Let the blood flow between us,
uniting us

Grandier

Grandier

Translate as you go, line by line

"Pleasure in lust is nasty
and short and sickness"

Weariness

"And weariness follows on desire"

Go on

Oh I don't like it I hate it

Your father sends you here
for instruction in Latin

And we must not deceive him

"But in everlasting leisure like this,

"lie still and kiss time away

"No weariness and no shame

"Now, then, and shall be all pleasure

"No end to it

"But an eternal beginning"

Why are you crying?

I'm pregnant

And so it ends

You must learn to bear your cross
with Christian fortitude, my child

I'm frightened

Yes, of course

How can I own the child?

I am very frightened

And there was such bravery in love,
wasn't there, Phillipe?

All through those summer nights,

how unafraid we were each time
we huddled down together

Remember?

We laughed as we roused the animal

-And now, it's devoured us
-Help me

And we were to have been
each other's salvation

-Did I really believe it possible?
-I love you

Yes, I did believe it

I remember leaving you one day,
you'd been unusually adroit

I was full of that indecent confidence
which comes after perfect coupling

As I went, I thought

Honestly, I thought,
the body can transcend its purpose

It could become a thing of such purity

that it could be worshipped
to the limits of imagination

Everything is allowed All is right

And such perfection lends
for an understanding of this

hideous state of existence

But what is it now? Hmm?

An egg

A thing of loneliness, weariness,

sickness

Where is love?

Where indeed?

Go to your father

Tell him the truth

Let him find some good

They exist

Help me

How can I help you?

Hold my hand

Like touching the dead, isn't it?

Goodbye, Phillipe

Don't be too long

-Up your end
-He's leaking

Don't you dare

Bring out your dead

They're all dead
They're all dying

Father Father, please come quickly

The chemist and the surgeon,
it's no good, Mother is dying

A delicate dusting of pollen,
nature's most fragrant balm,

eucalyptus pollen

From the Greek kaluptos,
covered flower protected by a cap

A trap for the heroic hornet

Hymenopterous healer

A poison to exorcise poison

-Kill or cure

Yesterday, powdered mistletoe
Black cherry water

It's a recognised cure
Nobody ever complains

Leeches Dried vipers

Sarsaparilla and poppy heads,
and nowwhat?

Hornets?

Mother, please

And what fresh lunacy is this?

-A crocodile?
-Schoolgirls walking two by two

Simian reptile,
corpuscular circulation, invaluable aid

Not the crocodile

Turn yourface towards God, my daughter
Be glad Be glad

You stand on the threshold
of everlasting life I envy you

Bring out your dead

-Bring out your dead
-Bring out your dead

-Bring out your dead
-Bring out your dead

Let us pray for her together

We commend to thee, O Lord,
the soul of thy servant, Madame

De Brou

De Brou

De Brou

And although to this world she is dead,
to thee may she still live

And the sins she has committed
in this life through

through hu frailty

do thou in thy merciful goodness

forgive

-Amen
-Amen

Where are you?

Hiding among the corpses, are you?

Come out, you coward
The dead shall not save you now

-Where is he?
-Who?

The priest
That desecrator of virtue, Grandier

No wo in the entire town is safe
from the lust of that Not one

-Neither mother nor daughter
-Living or dead

Necrophilia interruptus

Virga distracta Whores

He stinks of sanctimonious whores

Enough, sir You slander my daughter

-He's inside the house, Mr Magistrate
-He's upstairs, inside the house

There he is

Despoiler of my child, my innocent lamb

Even the most innocent lamb is destined
for the lustful ram, Monsieur Trincant

Her lily-white purity is stained

LAUGHS Except in sermons,
or in Heaven

Even lilies decay into rottenness, sir

Catch

I'll see you in Hell

Walking on a living pavement
of aborted bastards, no doubt

You foul, God-forsaken creature

He ought to be reported to the Pope

He ought to be prosecuted as well,
Mr Magistrate

My cousin tells me
his daughter is pregnant

Well, you have your whores
Why do you have to meddle with her?

-lt seemed a way
-A way to what?

I begin to understand at last
that all worldly things

have a single purpose
for a of my kind

Power, politics, riches,
women, pride, ambition

I choose them with the same care
that your cousin,

Monsieur Trincant,
might select a weapon

My intention is different

You see,

I need to turn them against myself

And bring about your own end?

I have a great need
to be united with God

You're a blasphemy to your cloth

I attend Mass daily I love God

And nowthat both my parents are dead,
I am free to serve Him

I know I have a vocation,
Reverend Mother

You have the face of a virgin martyr
in a picture book

Very pious

Respectful black weeds Very becoming
That's such a pretty rosary

-lt was my mother's
-What's this?

Oh, yes, The lmitation of Christ

Solid silver

And downcast eyes

Hiding what? Virtue or lechery?

So you have one sin, at least
The sin of pride

Do you knowwhy most of us are here?

Because you love Our Lord, Jesus Christ
and wish to serve Him

Most of the nuns here are noble women
who have embraced the monastic life

because there was not enough money
at home to provide them with dowries

Or they were unmarriageable
because ugly, a burden to the family

Communities which ought to be furnaces
where souls are forever on fire

with the love of God are merely dead
with the grey ashes of convenience

Here is a book written by the founder
of our order, Angela Merici

When you've studied it,
come back and I shall question you

Thank you, Mother

God bless you

GRANDlER: I'm not surprised
that Angela Merici's book

of sanctimonious claptrap
confused you

Most religions believe
that by crying "Lord Lord"

often enough they can contrive
to enter the kingdom of Heaven

A flock of trained parrots could
just as readily cry the same thing

with just as little chance of success

You can do more good outside
the cloister than you can within

Among the Ursulines
or the Carmelites,

you'll be hiding your light
under a bushel

Your place is here, in Loudun

And your vocation

to give a shining example of wisdom
to all those foolish virgins

whose thoughts dwell
on perishable vanities

And now I must take confession

Yes, Father, thank you

Father, I have sinned

And I have come
to ask your forgiveness

When did you last confess, my child?

You should know

This is a church
Not a marketplace

-You will speak with respect
-But you did love me, I mean I know

I mean, all those hours we spent
together in each other's arms

That's enough

You will not wallow complacently
in your own filth

What about yours?
What about your sins?

To confess is to seek forgiveness,

not to blame others Be quiet there

Oh, what shall I do?

Your humiliation is nothing

If God wants you to suffer,
then you should want to suffer

And accept that suffering gladly

Go now

Do not sin again

And for your penance,

fast for the rest of the day,
on your knees, in front of God,

praying for His forgiveness

I absolve thee from thy sins

Amen

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned

-When did you last confess, child?
-A week ago, Father

What have you to tell me?

I have suffered from pride

We must always be on guard

I worked all of yesterday
and all of the night

nursing the victims of the plague
and I was pleased with myself

God allows us satisfaction
in the work that we do

I have also been guilty of anger

Tell me

Well, Sister Jeanne of the Angels
provoked me and I wished her elsewhere

You are absolved

Is there anything else?

Quickly, others are waiting

I've had unclean thoughts

Of what nature?

About a...

-What is his name?
-l...

I think of him in the early hours
of the morning

My bedroom is suffocatingly hot

My thoughts are sinful,
yet they are so tender

My body, Father
My body, I wish to be touched

Do you try to get these thoughts
out of your mind?

-Or do you like them?
-I have prayed

Do you wish to be saved from this?

-Answer
-No

I wish to takepossess

Destroy me, I love youhim

I love him

In the convent, I would have been safe

I love you

Go to my house

Wait for me there

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned

But you were here only yesterday

Yes, Father,
but since then I have been guilty of

guilty of What was it now?

If you have forgotten,

perhaps God has also

Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for me, a sinner

Now and always, Amen

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee

Blessed are you among all women,
blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for me, a sinner

I want to tell you

Yes?

You knowthe love-making?

Yes

I want to tell you, Madeleine,

that amongst the clothes dropped
on the floor

and the groping

and the sweating

and the soiled sheets,

amongst all that

there is some love

Hu love?

You understand it that way?

I think so

Do I love you?

I think so

Then what else can I give you?

I am a simple person
I see the world as I have been taught

I am a sinner, but I do not think
that God has deserted me

I would not be afraid to come
before Him with you, even in our sin

You shame me

Go

I've hurt you

I've hurt you Forgive me

Go

GRANDlER: Oh, God, help me

I love this wo

Let us find a way to you together

The fifth sorrowul mystery
of the rosary,

Christ crucified

As we say these Aves, Sisters,

Iet us think of the pain
that Christ suffered

when they nailed him to the cross,

Ieft Him to hang there
until he was dead

Think of His most beautiful body,

torn by the nails,

the blood oozing over his hands,

which twitched
with every hammer blow

And He suffered all this for love

For love

Forgive us our sins
Forgive us our sins

Marriage?
Marriage is a law of nature

And therefore, a law of God

I don't question whether marriage
is a natural and holy thing,

but whether it is a right and proper
thing that a priest might marry

If you care to read every law
in the New Testament,

you won't find anywhere
that it's forbidden to marry

In fact, marriage is exalted so high
it becomes a sacrament, doesn't it?

Virginity is also praised
as a noble virtue

St Paul says that he who marries
does a good thing,

but he who remains chaste
does something better

Then I am content
merely to do a good thing

and leave the best to those
that can face it

Christ never forbade
the apostles to marry

Most of them were married,
with families

They gave them all up,
nevertheless, to follow Him

Out of convenience, not obligation

I mean, can you imagine
all those wives and children

traipsing across those endless deserts
and up the mountainsides?

Oh, no, they remained well
and truly married until the end

So there is no law of God
compelling Grandier to be celibate?

I...

take the words of Our Creator
as my gospel,

"lt is not good for to be alone"

You've almost put my conscience at rest

Who is responsible?

Who is in charge here?

Speak, you have tongues
Who is responsible for this?

I ask again, who is responsible here?

Baron de Laubardemont,

First President of the Court of Appeal,

Member of the Council for the State

and now His Majesty's
Special Commissioner

for the demolition of the fortifications
of Loudun, at your service, Father

For what purpose has
His Majesty authorised

the destruction of our town,
Baron de Laubardemont?

I thought you would have been the first
to guess the purpose, Father,

and the first to condone it
Loudun is a nest of dangerous Huguenots

They outnumber we
good Catholics two to one

Every single Protestant in Loudun
remained loyal to the King and to France

throughout the religious wars

Today's loyalty is no guarantee
against tomorrow's rebellion

I speak as I find
Where is His Majesty's proclamation?

Don't concern yourself with politics,
Father, your penitents are waiting

Grandier Grandier

I ask you once again,

where is His Majesty's proclamation
authorising this demolition?

For a common priest you act
uncommonly like a governor, Father

-Where is your authority?
-Here

By the authority of our late Governor,
Sainte Marthe

Assuring me full powers until such time
as a new election is held

Here

His Majesty's proclamation
has been delayed

The matter of a few days,
a mere formality

Should one more stone be torn
from our city walls, you

will be dead before
it touches the ground

Stop

Work will cease from this moment,
pending the arrival of the proclamation

-Well done, Father
-God bless you, Father

-Only you could have done that, Father
-Thank you

Good, Father Good

We'll always think of you,
Father, for what you've done

-Well done, Grandier
-Well done

-God bless you
-Well done, Father

It is a simple matter to understand,
Your Majesty

The self-government of the small,
provincial towns of France must cease

The first step is to pull down
all kinds of fortifications

Yes

So now it's the turn of our town

-ls everything to be torn down?
-That is what they want

It is a trick, of course

Every time there's a so-called
nationalist revival, it means one thing,

somebody is trying to seize control
of the entire country

The significance of our walls
is that we are self-governing

Yes

Richelieu hates this

He deceives the King

If France is to fulfil her own destiny,
she must be free within herself

Yes

Ignorant and crafty provincials like us

cannot see beyond the city walls

And so they are ordered to be torn down

Will it broaden our view?

Such men, sire, have little vision

Their loyalties are to their cities,
not to France

Yes

When a is intent on power,
as Richelieu is,

he can justify his actions
with absurdities

Fortifications provide opportunities
for Protestant uprising

Yes

With our walls gone,
we shall be defenceless,

at the mercy of any enemy, as weak

and as helpless as a country village

And with the security
of our independence gone,

our freedoms would go, too

We must write to the King,
declare our loyalty

and trust in his wisdom and justice

No

All the others if you like, Richelieu

If you can age it But not Loudun

We once promised dear old Sainte Marthe,
the late lamented Governor,

that we would never touch
one teeny-weeny stone

of his precious city

You would surely not expect us
to go back on our word?

No, Your Majesty

Yes

Yes

-Out you go, pretty little birdie
-Fly away

Another Protestant bird
for your bag, Richelieu

Honourably done, Your Majesty

Bye-bye, blackbird

"Father Moussault was a very good

"lt was God's will,
but his death leaves us with a problem

"We need a new Father Confessor

"l have never met you, Father Grandier,

"but God has often put you
into my thoughts lately"

Bless this ring, O Lord,
which we bless in thy name

May she who is to wear it
be ever faithful to her husband

May she enjoy the peace of mind
docile to thy will,

Ioving and being loved in thee,

as long as life shall last

"And so Father Grandier, I trust
you will become our spiritual director

"and provide us with
the guidance we need

"Yours in Christ"

With this ring, I thee wed

This gold and silver, I thee give

With my body, I thee worship

And with all my worldly gifts,
I thee endow

In the name of the Father

and of the Son

and of the Holy Ghost

Amen

Grandier

Grandier

We should step out into the sunlight

Bells should tell the world about us

It shouldn't be night
and as quiet as this

Dear God, my husband,

kiss me

Son of a lawyer

Nephew of the learned
Canon Grandier of Sainte

Educated for 10 years at the
Jesuit College of Bordeaux

as undergraduate, theological student,
and after his ordination in 1615

as Jesuit novice

At 27, after two years of advanced
theology and philosophy,

presented by the Jesuits

with the important living
at St Peter's in Loudun

-Made Canon of
-Cha

With a progressive Jesuit upbringing,

it's not surprising your priest
is bold and wilful

If he were allowed to become
governor of Loudun,

he would defend
Catholic and Protestant alike

And have comd
of the most heavily fortified town

in all Poitou, Your Eminence

As long as Loudun stands, we will
never gain control of the Southwest

Its fortifications must be demolished

With the masonry, we could use
to build your newtown of Richelieu

Except the rebel priest
will not allow one stone to be touched

-And neither will the King
-That is a whim

But in the fullness of time,
he will see that it is God's will

And what of the militant
Father Grandier, Your Eminence?

He is far from whimsical

If only for the sake
of his immortal soul,

the priest must be humbled
and his pride crushed

But with that Jesuit background,
it will not be easy

You knowwhat they say,
"Give us the first seven years

"of a 's life
and you can have the rest

-"You'll never break him"
-l, too, have a maxim, Eminence

Give me three lines of a 's
handwriting and I will hang him

Doors

I want to marry Grandier

You're already married to Jesus

Silence

And do you, Madeleine de Brou,

take me, Urbain Grandier,
for your unlawully wedded husband?

I do, most un-reverend Father

Then I now pronounce us and wife

And they shall be one flesh

Sister Agnes,
please stop this shameful mockery

But it's true The butcher told me
and he heard it from the surgeon

It happened last week

I feel that I no longer have
a true vocation, Reverend Mother

And my confessor has advised me

that I can be of more use
out here in the city

Whore, strumpet, hypocrite

Tell me you have no vocation
Of course you have a vocation

Fornicator Fornicator,
sacrilegious bitch, seducer of priests

That's your calling

Your place is in a brothel
You filthy whore

Get back to the gutter where you belong

If only he'd seen me first

My face under its coif,

Iike an angel's face
peeping through a cloud

And my eyes

Excuse me, Reverend Mother,

but our new spiritual director is here,
in the chapel

He wishes to see you

Grandier

Oh, Grandier
Grandier, it's not too late, you'll see

Where is Father Grandier?

My name is Father Mignon

My letter was to Father Grandier

Father Grandier regrets he cannot accept

the invitation to become
director of your house

I am to be your new confessor
Father Grandier hasn't the time

He has very pressing duties in the town

"Pressing duties in the town"

I must address myself to God
in this matter

Habit Habit
It will never do It must be demured

He speaks to me of love

Lewd, wanton

He plies me with caresses,
lustful, obscene

He enters my bed at night
and takes from me

that which is consecrated
to my divine bridegroom, Jesus Christ

And what form does this incubus take?

Cock

Grandier

What?

Grandier

Are you aware, my dear, of the
seriousness of what you are saying?

Yes Help me, Father

But of course I can prove nothing

This Mother Superior may be little more
than a hysterical nun

Exactly

Mere conjecture
Now, my daughter's pregnancy

Is that not evidence enough?

Evidence of fornication, certainly

Yes, but whether lay or clerical,
it might be rather difficult to prove

As you should well know, Mr Magistrate

He has a point there
His Excellency has a point

I told you

Take her out

Surely our evidence
is damning enough on its own

A blasphemous nuptial Mass

Observed from the back of the church
in total darkness

And fornication
I've heard it, through the keyhole

I have it documented 10:00, 4:00
and half past eight yesterday

Your patriotism does you proud,
gentlemen, but it is not enough

Father Mignon's evidence
holds the most promise

It must be substantiated, of course

But if it is a genuine case
of possession by devils

and if Grandier himself was proved
to be involved,

yes, I think it bears investigation,
gentlemen

I shall be only too happy to supply you
with any medical advice, Baron

And I will comment on any chemical
or biological ifestations

May I attend as a disinterested party?

Father?

Certainly If this is a genuine case,
then the more the merrier

She's already complaining
of spasmodic swelling of the belly

Fascinating

Not unusual Sense of false pregnancy

-Known it before
-Nothing to do with the devil

Wind

Conjecture is useless
We need a professional witch-hunter

We must send for Father Barre

Good morning, Sister
My name is Father Barre

Are you well?

I'm very well, thank you, Father

Excellent

Are you there?

Are you there?

Come now, declare yourself
in the name of Our Lord, Jesus Christ

Dear Sister in Christ,
I must question you

Will you kneel down?

Do you remember the first time your
thoughts were turned to evil things?

Yes, Father

I had a vision I saw a
walking across the waters of a lake

I dried his person with my hair

I had a great knowledge of love,
which persisted throughout my prayers

I could not rid my mind of this
for several days

Who was this ?

There was a mist I couldn't see him

This is nothing
This public exorcism was a mistake

Let's stop it now before we become
the laughing-stock of the entire town

We are unconvinced, my dear Sister

And if our conviction remains untouched,

I do not have to remind you
that you face eternal damnation

Poor Reverend Mother,
what are they going to do now?

Speak Speak

It was night
He came into my room, smiling

Name him

-I cannot It was dark
-Was he alone?

No, six of his creatures were with him

Then? Then?

He took me gently in his arms,
he carried me into the chapel

Each of his creatures took
one of my beloved Sisters with them

Come here

What?

She says she and her Sisters
were compelled

to form themselves
into an obscene altar

-Shh
-And were worshipped

Again

And then my love and l,
in a naked embrace

ascended into Heaven
and bathed in a sea of stars

I have found peace

The wo's mad

-Morning
-Morning

Where shall I put it?
Down your end

A bit chilly this morning
Still, we mustn't complain

That was no devil

She spoke with her own voice
The voice of a frustrated wo

That's enough

Do not be so easily deceived

Her very innocence is a sham,
a mask of deceit devised

by the cunning of Satan

Be assured,
the fiend is silently lurking

in some hidden recess of her body

This medical examination will reveal him
and then we shall do battle

This is a fiasco
We shall need more evidence

Find out when Grandier is away
His room must be searched

And your daughter may have
to give testimony after all

Yes, Excellency Yes

Well?

-Well, as a professional
-He speaks for me

-I don't like to commit myself
-Even so

Well, let's put it this way,
there's been hanky-panky

Don't mince words
There's been fornication?

-Lust She's been had, hmm?
-I'll say

Thank you, gentlemen That's all I need
Prepare for the exorcism

My beloved Sister
Yes?

-lt must be extreme measures
-What do you mean, Father?

The fiend must be forced from you

Consecrate the water, please,
Father Mignon

Through that instrument, my child,
lies your salvation

Christ, no

-Do you hear me, Asmod�e?
-Mercy Mercy

Unhand me, you Christ-loving runts

You are within
The Antichrist has spoken

JEANNE: Forgive me I didn't mean it

Mercy now after your blasphemy
invoked against Our Lord?

But Father Barre,
it is I speaking to you now,

Sister Jeanne of the Angels

You speak with y voices

Christ protect me
from the fangs of Satan

Silence, beast

No

Are you ready, lbert?

-We are ready
-Then drive out the fiend

-Hold her steady
-No, Father No, Father

I exorcise thee, most vile spirit,

-the very embodiment of our enemy
-Oh, Jesus Dear loving Jesus

the entire stricture,
the whole legion,

-in the name of Jesus Christ
-No

These priests are depraved

It is they who are guilty of sacrilege
Sister Jeanne is innocent

She has been deliberately provoked
by the priests

-They have desecrated God's house
-Oh, shut up

-Stop with this spectacle
-You're blind, all of you

This is an offence
against the Holy Spirit

Who are these dissenters?

The smaller one is Legrand, the baker

The other one is Rangier,
owns the largest hotel

I think we might
soon acquire an interest

in the catering trade, my friend

Excellent, it looks
as if business will be brisk

The tourist season
will start early this year

We need a larger theatre

The Devil, it seems, departed from
the Mother Superior at 10:45 precisely

Who is responsible
for this evil possession,

Sister Jeanne of the Angels?

-Priest
-A priest?

Of what church?

-Peter's
-St Peter's

Tell his name

Grandier

Grandier

Don't go tomorrow

I must go

If the city's to be saved, I must go

Stay here and crush these slanders,
then see the King

And lose the chance of a royal audience
for the sake of a crazy nun?

While I'm away, the whole
ridiculous affair will be forgotten

Now go to sleep, will you?

Have you offended this wo in any way?

I have never seen her

Then why has she picked on you?

Oh, I don't know

Secluded women

They give themselves to God,
but something remains

which cries out to be given to

I mean, can you imagine being wakened
in the night by a dream?

A dream of your childhood

or your lover

or even the vision of a good meal

Now, this is sin

And so you must take up your little whip
and start scourging your body

This is discipline

But pain

is sensuality

And in its vortex
spin images of horror and lust

My beloved Sister in Jesus
seems to have set her mind on me

There's no reason, a piece of gossip
perhaps, overheard, magnified

Anything found in the desert
of a frustrated life can bring hope

And with hope comes love

And with love comes hate

So I possess this wo

May God help her in her misery
and unhappiness

And may God bless

and cherish you

while I am away

You're accused
of being in league with the devil

And in obstructing Father Barre's cure
of Sister Jeanne

You have rebelled against the will
of the Church, the will of Christ

and the will of his most holy
representative, Cardinal Richelieu

And in resisting officers of the Crown
in the passions of their duty,

you are also guilty of treason

You are unrepentant heretics

There is no act more vile

You're traitors You'll be executed

Now

Please, leave us We love God

Stop

God has revealed to me

that these good Sisters

are addled with the fever that torments
the body of Sister Jeanne

The evil in her flesh

has infected the young
and innocent bodies of her charges

Sin can be caught
as easily as the plague

If Father Barre is right,
my good Sisters,

you may save yourselves yet

You would not be the first
to see the light

You are tainted
The Devil is in your flesh

The evil spirit of Grandier
has taken possession of your souls

Now you resist him,
but soon he will have his way

You will scream

Yes

-You will blaspheme
-Yes

You will no longer be responsible
for your actions

Denounce your devilish master Grandier

And we will save you

A quick word before I leave for home

The King was very sympathetic

After reading our petition,

he dictated a letter ordering
Laubardemont to leave our walls intact

I could hardly believe

that so important a thing
could be settled so easily

The more I think about it, the more
it seems that the King's heart was moved

by something more
than usual good sense and understanding

Each morning I wake up
with a feeling of optimism

so strong as to be almost absurd

The truth of the matter is
that Richelieu rules the King

At the moment the King is smiling on us,
but that may not last too long

We will need help and courage

Strange thoughts come to me

I am like a who has been lost,
who has always been lost

Now, for all kinds of reasons,
I have a vague sense of meaning

and can think of myself
as a small part of God's abundance,

which includes everything

And I know I want to serve it

I want to serve the people of Loudun
I want to serve you

Pray for us all Especially me

Tell me, tell me

-That's a left ventricle
-It's part of a heart of a child

Sacrificed at a witches' Sabbath,
no doubt

-Look, a consecrated wafer
-Yeah Thick blood Blood of a

Grandier Grandier?

That slimy substance
could only be semen

-And what's that?
-That's a carrot

Make way for His Excellency,
the Duke de Cond�

Make way

I don't wish, my dear Father,
to disturb your devotions

and I would never suggest
a member of the Royal Family,

albeit one so close to the King,

should take precedence over God
all the same

Love me Love me
I am at your service, sire

These raving women
are possessed of devils, I take it?

Oh, you lovely

Acting on the instigation
of a priest, sire

So I understand

Oh

Most amusing Pray proceed

Kiss me Kiss me

Those are women, my darling
Look well Vomit, if you wish

No, don't touch them
is born of them

Gross things, nasty Breeding ground
Eggs hatched out in hot dung

No, don't wrinkle your little nose,
my pet Here

Take this scent Some men love them

This poor deluded priest, Grandier,
for example, he deserves all he gets

With your permission, sire, I'll begin

Please do so

But first I have a declaration to make

This, sire, contains the Holy Eucharist

Heavenly Father,
I pray that I may be confounded

and that the maledictions of Dathan
and Abiram may fall upon me

if I have sinned or been at fault
in any way in this affair

A very commendable gesture Bravo

Leviathan

Leviathan

Rouse yourself

Rouse yourself in the name
of Our Lord, Jesus Christ

Reverend Father, I notice that
you don't speak to these creatures

in Latin, as is usual Why is that?

They're not conversant
with the language

You understand, sire, that there are
uneducated as well as educated devils

I am a travelling monkey

Quite

Listen, filth, I'm going to speak
a name to you Grandier

Grandier

Father, may I try this?

What is in the casket, sire?

A holy relic from the King's own chapel

A phial of the blood
of Our Lord, Jesus Christ

Tell me, Father, what effect would
the close proximity of this relic have

on devils such as these?

It would put them to flight

-At once?
-lmmediately

Of course, I couldn't guarantee
that when the relic was removed

they wouldn't return

Of course not
That would be asking too much

Would you care to try?

In the name of Our Heavenly Father,
I conjure thee, most frightful beings,

by this most sacred substance,
to depart

I am free

-I'm free
-You are most welcome, my child

You see?

You see, Father?

What sort of a trick
have you played on us?

Oh, Reverend, sir, what sort of
a trick are you playing on us?

Have fun

Goodbye, ladies I am very pleased
to have been of some service

Come along, my darlings

so is the Lord within thee

Te Deum

I know I am a weak, bad

But after thisjourney,
I may find the strength to change,

to summon towards myself
the goodwill and wisdom

that lies in the people of Loudun

The King has secured our stones

Now we have to show him that
the city is the strength

that lives in the hearts of men,

that greed and dissension
will never destroy her

And with God's help,

we will change her walls to terraces
that have the colour of stars

Save yourself, my daughter, save us all

Dispel your evil seducer forever,
reclaim his guilt to the world

Give us peace Give us peace

Yield not to me
but to the minister of Christ,

of His power urges thee,
who subjugated thee to

You have turned the house of the Lord
into a circus

And its servants into clowns

You have seduced the people
in order to destroy them

You have perverted the innocent

And was not that innocent child,
Madame de Brou

perverted by your blasphemous
nuptial Mass?

It wasn't blasphemy

We were married without guilt
in the eyes of God

He is witness to our love

have prostituted myself

For Grandier I have prostituted myself

He promised to make me
a princess in the Devil's court

He took me to the witches' Sabbath
He defiled my body He was naked

He bears the five marks of the Evil One,

the first mark is on the shoulder

The second on the tongue,
the third on the rump,

the fourth, the fifth on his
right testicle and his left testicle

If no blood flows
when these areas are cut or pricked,

this is the true sign of the Devil

No

Call me vain and proud,

the greatest sinner ever
to walk on God's earth

But Satan's boy I could never be

I haven't the humility

I knowwhat I have sown
and I am prepared for what I shall reap

But do you, Reverend Mother,
knowwhat you must give

to have your wish about me fulfilled?

I will tell you

Your immortal soul to eternal damnation

May God have mercy on you

Seize him

-On what charge?
-Heresy

CROWD CLAMOURlNG

Grandier is innocent

This inquisition has been designed
to implicate an innocent

-Arrest those men
-Evil

Evil He is the Devil's filth
He is a fornicator of women

This is a plot

Stop We must stop them

A scheme to take him from us
And when he's gone, to take our city

Our freedom

For the sake of Christ,
don't stand there

Help him

Forgive her

Forgive her

She has been broken by the priests

No blood where the tongue was pricked

True sign of the Devil

Ladies

Please

"This said priest, Urbain Grandier,
did debauch and defile my person

"six times between midnight and dawn

"on the night of May the 13th,
in the year of our Lord, 1634"

And remember, Sister,

any attempt to retract
all or part of this statement

at any time will result in you being
condemned, not only in the next world,

but also in this one, as well

Cut her down Cut her down

Is she dead? Is she dead?

She's still breathing

This is Grandier's work, my child

You'll never be free of him
until we've brought him to justice

Oh, Christ

Oh, Christ

I want

Oh, God, I need

I thought I had found you

And now you have forsaken me

The Baron Laubardemont tells me you're
ready to confess again, my dear Sister

Yes, I want to make amends

Grandier

I've wronged an innocent , Father

My poor deluded child

It is not you speaking,
but the devils within you,

trying to protect Grandier

The exorcisms have failed

We must resort to other measures

Did you sleep well?

With all this noise?

There are thousands out there,

where would you expect them
to get the beds from?

Besides, they're all too excited

About what?

Oh, your execution

I have not been tried yet

All right Have it your own way
Your trial, then

You are going to be tortured

How is Madeleine?

I'm told she's putting the last touches
to her confession of your mutual sins

Good
Then I shall confirm her accusations

Have you thought of the pain to come?

It cannot be different
to the pain I have seen

True

Except of course, in its location

It will be in you
rather than your congregation

I dread pain

Well, perhaps the judges
will think it unnecessary

Or perhaps, as one who has sustained
so much pleasure,

you will take to pain, its ugly sister,
without the usual noises of complaint

I shall scream and admit to everything

Oh, come, Grandier A like you?

All the more for that

Why don't you offer up your pain to God?

You've lived by your senses,
obviously you can die by them

I will try, Baron

I hope you will pray for me

Oh, I will, Father

I will

And I will pray for you

You have one consolation

Hell will hold no surprises for you

May God have mercy on us both

The evidence against you is irrefutable

Your house has been searched

Various uscripts have been found

Amongst them is this pamphlet,

directed against His Eminence,
Cardinal Richelieu

You have also roused the temper
of the populace

against His Eminence by denouncing him
in a public place

Notebooks

and letters of a more

personal kind were also discovered

A treatise on celibacy
in the priesthood was found

The appears to have been in love
when this was written

We have also the written confession
of his wife

What have you done with her?

Too distressed by realisation
of her guilt to give personal testimony

that she went through
a mock marriage ceremony

with the accused
in his own church of St Peter's

It was a real ceremony

A simple act of committal
done with my heart

in the hope of coming to God

through the love of a wo

We have also letters from women
who he did not marry

One of which appears to suggest

that he committed sexual intercourse

under the very roof
of the church itself

For the love of Jesus Christ

If you wish to destroy me,
then destroy me

Accuse me of exposing political
chicanery and the evils of the State

and I will plead guilty

But what can face arraignments
on the idiocy of youth?

Old love letters
and other pathetic objects

stuffed in drawers
or in the bottom of cupboards

Things kept for a day
when he would need to be reminded

that he was once loved

To continue the evidence,

my lords,

we have heard testimony
from sober citizens,

saying howthey were bewitched by you
into attending a black Mass

We have heard real devils

speaking through the mouths
of Ursuline nuns,

swearing again and again
that the accused is a sorcerer

And since, when duly constrained
by Holy Exorcist,

the Devil is bound to tell the truth,
it follows that

Lies

Lies and heresy

The Devil is a liar
and the father of lies

If the Devil's evidence
is to be accepted,

the virtuous people
are in the greatest of danger

For it is against these
that Satan rages most violently

I had never set eyes
on Sister Jeanne of the Angels

until the day of my arrest

But the Devil has spoken

And to doubt his word

is sacrilege

You have totally perverted
Christ's own teaching

This new doctrine,

Laubardemont's new doctrine,
Barre's new doctrine,

especially invented for this occasion,
is the work of men who are not concerned

with fact or with law or with theology

but a political experiment
to show howthe will of one

can be pushed into destroying
not only one or one city

but one nation

This is not a political trial
Remove the prisoner

The court will retire
to consider its verdict

Good morning, Mr Surgeon

Good morning to you

Good morning, Mr Chemist
What have you got there?

It's a razor

-Must it be this way?
-Yes, order of the court

Well, Mr Surgeon,

have all your studies and training
brought you only this,

to be a barber?

You're in no position to judge others
Get on with it

The court is waiting to pass sentence

Just a minute

-Have you got a mirror?
-No, of course not

Wait

There's this

Harken all good people to me

For I've a tale of devils free

The first was in the soul of a priest

For he did bear the mark of a beast

The next was in the heart of a nun

And she was doomed as she begun

The third kept in a love they wear

lnside of a maid so young and fair

O harken all good people to me

Silence in court

Urbain Grandier,

you have been found guilty
of commerce with the Devil

And that you used this unholy alliance
to possess, seduce and debauch

certain Sisters of the Holy Order
of St Ursula

You have also been found guilty of
obscenity, blasphemy and sacrilege

It is ordered that you proceed and kneel

at the doors of St Peter's
and Saint Ursula's

and there, with a rope round your neck
and a two-pound taper in your hand,

ask pardon of God, the King and justice

Next, it is ordered that you be taken
to the marketplace,

tied to a stake and burned alive,

after which your ashes
will be scattered to the four winds

It has been decided
that a commemorative plaque

shall be set up
in the Ursulines' chapel

The cost of this, yet to be ascertained,

will be chargeable to your
confiscated estate

Lastly, before sentence is carried out,
you will be subjected to the question,

both ordinary and extraordinary

Pronounced at Loudun,
the 18th of August, 1634,

and executed the same day

Have you anything to say?

My lords, I am innocent of the charges

And I am afraid

But I have the hope in my heart
that before this day ends,

Almighty God will

glance aside and let my suffering atone

for my vain and disordered life

Amen

Amen

Come Confess your guilt
Tell us the names of your accomplices

Then perhaps my lords
the judges will show mercy

I have no accomplices

These crimes are not my crimes
Please stop this foolishness

We both know why
I have been brought to trial

And we both knowwhy
I have been found guilty

Devil Witch Heretic

Ignore him

What you see is not dignity
but pride, unrepentant pride

His calm is nothing
but the brazen insolence of Hell

Clear the court

We humbly beg of thee, Almighty God,
in thy goodness,

bless these instruments
which thou has created

and given to us for our sacred use

Devils in pieces of wood now, Barre?

If they are not driven out,
your devils might,

by their infernal arts,
prevent the torture

from being as excruciating
as it should be

Then you would never confess

and your soul would be
damned for eternity

Are you ready to confess?

I have been a

I have loved women

I have enjoyed power

That's not what we want

You've been a magician

You've had commerce with devils

I exorcise thee and comd spirits,

In the name of Almighty God,

to depart from this

Confess Confess

Do you believe in your conscience

that a should confess to crimes
that he has not committed

simply to ease his pain?

Hit

Tremble not to think
hu weakness is miserable

Oh, God

More wedges

Please, God, don't let this pain
make me forget you

Any confession?

He called on God to give him strength

His god is the Devil and its own
Made him insensible to pain

Pay no attention to these tears

-They are the Devil's tears
-Confess?

There are 6,000 Christian souls
waiting for you in the marketplace

Tell me,

do you love the Church?

Not today

Do you want
to see it grow more powerful?

More benevolent, until it embraces
every hu soul on this earth?

Then help us to achieve
this great purpose

Go to the marketplace a penitent
Confess

And by confessing,
proclaim to those thousands

that you have returned
to the Church's arms

By going to the stake unrepentant,
you do God a disservice

You give hope to unbelievers

Such an act can mine
the very foundations of the Church

You are no longer important

Well, think
Are you any longer important?

I was never

important

Then make a last supreme gesture
for the Catholic faith

Go away, Laubardemont

You are becoming tedious

Do you knowthat the King has gone back
on his word because of your crimes?

The walls will come down,
the city will be destroyed We have won

-You have lost
-Won

Sign it

You will sign

Get up

What is this place?

The convent of St Ursula

The place you have defiled

Do what must be done

Ask forgiveness of Sister Jeanne
and these good women you have wronged

I have done no such thing

I could only ask

God will forgive them

He always spoke of your beauty

Now I see it with my own eyes
and know it's true

Look at this thing that I am

and learn the meaning of love

Devil

Devil

Devil

Devil

Forgive us, O God, who condemned
thee and Judas lscariot, the traitor

For he presses on thee
with perpetual flame,

who shall see the end of time to the
wicked, cursed into everlasting fire,

which is prepared for the Devil
and his angels

For thee, this one and the angels are
prepared worms which never die

Thou art the chief of accursed murder,

thou are the author of incest,
the head of sacrilege,

the master of the worst actions,
the teacher of heretics

I must ask your forgiveness, priest,
for what I must do

But you can make a speech if you like

And before the fire is lit,
I shall strangle you

It will be quick, I promise you

I exorcise thee, creatures

Confess Confess Beg forgiveness

Forgive me for defending your city
so badly

Confess Confess

See how he flinches,
see how he denies his Redeemer

Confess

I have finished confessing

Give me the kiss of peace
and let me die

Kiss the Devil? Kiss the evil fiend?

The Antichrist,
the sink of all iniquity, all evil?

Never

Kiss Kiss Kiss

Kiss

The impious one and thy angels
has prepared the unquenchable fire

Kiss him

Because thou,
the chief of accursed murder

Kiss him Kiss him

the head of sacrilege,
the master of the worst actions,

the teacher of heretics,

the inventor of all obscenities,

the foul, impious one Don't

Judas Judas Judas

Confess you are the Devil's servant

Renounce your master

I am about to meet the God
who is my witness

and I have spoken the truth

Confess Confess
You have only a moment to live

Only a moment

And then I go to that just
and fearful judgement

to which you, too,
Reverend Father will soon be called

May your body be consumed
by eternal fire

Away, priest
He's to be strangled

I promised he was to be strangled

Strangled Strangled Strangled

Is this what you promised me?

Where is the noose?
Where is the noose?

No I need a noose

The flames I can't, the flames

Sorry, priest Sorry

Burn, burn, burn

-Burn Burn
-Watch, bastard

See how your mother's honour
was avenged

Lucky little bastard

It's not every day baby sees
Daddy burned to death

Don't look at me

Look at your city

If your city is destroyed,

your freedom is destroyed also

Unrepentant to the last

The fiend still speaks
Confess Confess

If you would remain free men,

fight

Fight them
or become their slaves

I'm purging my own devils

What devils?

Isacaaron, Balaam

They say they can stand up
to the Church,

but they can't stand up to this bitch

Jeanne, you're being hysterical

Where's Father Barre?
I was expecting him

He's off to Poitiers

A nun is reported to be having
commerce with your lsacaaron,

in the form of a three-legged dog

But there was going to be a public
exorcism tomorrow in St Peter's

Father Mignon could age

Father Mignon has been put away
He's quite demented

He keeps babbling that we've
destroyed an innocent

And with no signed confession
to prove otherwise,

everyone has the same opinion

Pity, that

No, with Grandier gone,
you are no longer possessed

-It's simple
-What shall I do?

Pray for your salvation Do penance

Stay here quietly, of course

What else?

Well, there'll be a fewtourists
occasionally to brighten things up

But that won't last long Soon the town
will die, you will be left in peace

and oblivion

Oh, I almost forgot

Souvenir

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