Russell Croweis a Catholic priest who sets out to exorcise child-possessing demons in the trailer for his newest film.
On Wednesday, Sony Pictures Entertainment released the trailer forThe Pope’s Exorcist, which stars Crowe, 58, as real-life Catholic priest Gabriele Amorth, an official exorcist of the Catholic church who sets out on the Pope’s orders to conduct an exorcist and winds up discovering a vast conspiracy involving the Vatican itself.
As Amorth conducts his investigation, he discovers a centuries-old conspiracy involving a past experience the Catholic church has had with the same demon.
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While the priest grapples with the forces opposing the church, he appears to put himself at risk of possession, leading the same council in Vatican City to wonder what may happen if the Pope’s appointed exorcist falls victim to a demon himself.
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In real life, Amorth, who died in 2016 at age 91, claimed to have performed over 70,000 exorcisms over a three-decade period, according to theNational Catholic Register.
Aside from Crowe and Nero, the movie also stars Alex Essoe and Daniel Zovatto.
The Pope’s Exorcistreleases in theaters April 14.
source: people.com
