Stigmata
Stigmata is a 1999 supernatural horror film directed by Rupert Wainwright, written by Tom Lazarus and Rick Ramage, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. The story follows an atheist hairdresser from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who is afflicted with stigmata after acquiring a rosary formerly owned by a deceased Italian priest who himself had suffered from the phenomenon. It stars Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long, and Rade Šerbedžija. The film is an international co-production between the United States and Mexico.
Plot
In the Brazilian village of Belo Quinto, Father Andrew Kiernan, a former scientist and a Jesuit priest who investigates supposed miracles, examines a statue of the Virgin Mary weeping blood at the funeral of Father Paulo Alameida, who had previously experienced stigmata. While Andrew is collecting evidence, a young boy steals a rosary from the father's hand. The boy later sells it to a woman who sends it to her daughter, Frankie Paige, living in Pittsburgh.
More details
| author | Rick Ramage Tom Lazarus |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Pittsburgh |
| director | Rupert Wainwright |
| editor | Michael R. Miller |
| events | Satanic film supernatural |
| genre | horror thriller |
| keywords | aramaic aramaic language atheist attack bath brazil catholic church church collect confine crown of thorns cry dead sea scrolls end excommunicate excommunication exorcism five wounds gospel gospel of thomas heresy holy see holy wounds italian italian language jerusalem jesuit jesuit priest kingdom of god levitate levitation morning possess priest set on fire speak stigma the king vatican virgin mary wait write yell young boy |
| musicBy | Billy Corgan Elia Cmiral Mike Garson |
| producer | Frank Mancuso Jr. |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures |
| publisher | MGM Distribution Co. United International Pictures |
| recordedAt | Pittsburgh |
| theme | psychological horror psychological thriller |