In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with peril.
Acting
Jon Bernthal's silent menace speaks volumes without dialogue.
Practical Effects
Genuine Irish locations that look genuinely miserable. Perfect.
Direction
Muldowney makes 96 minutes feel like a punishing pilgrimage.
Director
Brendan Muldowney
Tom Holland
The Novice - Brother Diarmuid
Richard Armitage
Raymond De Merville
Jon Bernthal
The Mute
Stanley Weber
The Cistercian - Brother Gerladus
John Lynch
The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
Éric Godon
Baron de Merville
Tristan McConnell
Dugald
Rúaidhrí Conroy
Brother Rua
Lochlann Ó Mearáin
Lopsided
Hugh O'Conor
Brother Cathal
Nikos Karathanos
Saint Matthias
Diarmuid de Faoite
The Captain
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed on the actual Dingle Peninsula during actual terrible weather. The misery is method.
The relic's ambiguous nature deliberately mirrors Ireland's own fraught religious history—Catholic, Norman, pagan, all bleeding together.
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