Factual error: There is one scene in the movie where Heath Ledger reads a Latin sentence in a book. As he is translating the sentence, he goes over the words one by one with his finger. This would never be possible in a Latin sentence, because words in Latin are never - I repeat: never - in exactly the same order as in English. Words that actually belong together can be placed on opposite ends of a sentence.
The Sin Eater (2003)
Plot summary
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Benno Fürmann
Alex Bernier is a member of an arcane order of priests known as Carolingians. When the head of the order dies, Alex is sent to Rome to investigate mysterious circumstances surrounding the death. The body bears strange marks on the chest which may or may not be the sign of a Sin Eater, a renegade who offers absolution, last rites and therefore a path to heaven outside the jurisdiction of the church. Alex enlists the aid of his old comrade Father Thomas and of a troubled artist upon whom he once performed an exorcism. He soon finds himself plunged into a mystery only to find himself at the heart of it.
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