- 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 I 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 I? 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
"It 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, colorless, 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...
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
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
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
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