Sorceress

Sorceress

97 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 23, 1987

Dominican friar Etienne de Bourbon visits a 13th-century French village in search of heretics for the Inquisition. Despite the opposition of the local priest and the indifference of the villagers, he finds a seemingly perfect suspect: a young woman who lives in a forest outside the village and cures people with herbs and folk remedies. In the process, he discovers the cult of the greyhound "Saint" Guinefort, and confronts his own troubled past.

Sorceress

97 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 23, 1987

Sorceress
Dominican friar Etienne de Bourbon visits a 13th-century French village in search of heretics for the Inquisition. Despite the opposition of the local priest and the indifference of the villagers, he finds a seemingly perfect suspect: a young woman who lives in a forest outside the village and cures people with herbs and folk remedies. In the process, he discovers the cult of the greyhound "Saint" Guinefort, and confronts his own troubled past.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Ministère de la Culture, Sofinergie 1, La Cecilia, George Reinhart Productions, Bleu Productions, Séléna Audiovisuel, Lara Classics, The National Endowment for the Humanities
Original title Le moine et la sorcière
Directors Pamela Berger, Suzanne Schiffman
Writers Pamela Berger, Suzanne Schiffman

Cast

Tchéky Karyo

as Etienne de Bourbon

Féodor Atkine

as le comte de Villars

Raoul Billerey

as Siméon

Jean Carmet

as Le curé / Vicar

Catherine Frot

as Cécile

Maria de Medeiros

as Agnès

Gilette Barbier

as La sacristaine

Nicole Félix

as Madeleine

Jean Dasté

as Christophe

Mathieu Schiffman

as Le jeune Artaud

Michel Karyo

as Etienne jeune

Joëlle Bernier

as La femme de l'église