A monk falls for the Devil while the plague rots Europe—God left the chat.
In Europe after the outbreak of the Black Death, an ascetic monk falls in love with the Devil.
Direction
Grodecki's unflinching gaze—every frame feels like sin
Cinematography
Rot and beauty intertwined, plague never looked this gorgeous
Acting
Duken's Devil smolders; Barr's monk unravels spectacularly
Director
Wiktor Grodecki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Grodecki returns to themes from his 1990s queer cinema, now filtered through medieval Catholic guilt and plague psychology.
Ken Duken prepared by studying 14th century monastic texts and learned basic Latin chant—method acting for the damned.
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