Set in the 14th century, this is the story of a disgraced priest (Bettany) on the run who joins a traveling band of actors (led by Dafoe) as cover. Arriving in a new village where the murder of a young boy has recently taken place, the troupe performs a play to reenact the events of the crime in hopes of solving it, proving the innocence of the deaf mute girl, Martha (Minguez), charged
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