Stigmata (film)
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| Directed by | Rupert Wainwright |
| Produced by |
Frank Mancuso, Jr. Tom Lazarus |
| Written by | Tom Lazarus Rick Ramage |
| Starring |
Patricia Arquette Gabriel Byrne Jonathan Pryce Nia Long Rade Šerbedžija |
| Music by |
Billy Corgan Elia Cmiral |
| Cinematography | Jeffrey L. Kimball |
| Edited by | Michael R. Miller |
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FGM Entertainment
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time
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103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Aramaic English |
| Budget | $29 million |
| Box office | $89.4 million |
Stigmata is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by Rupert Wainwright and starring Patricia Arquette as an atheist hairdresser from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who is afflicted with the stigmata after acquiring a rosary formerly owned by a deceased Italian priest who himself suffered from the phenomenon. Gabriel Byrne plays a Vatican official who investigates her case, and Jonathan Pryce plays a corrupt Catholic Church official.
Despite being a box office success, earning over $85 million on a $29 million budget, the film received generally negative reviews from critics.
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 of Guadalupe weeping blood at the funeral of Father Paulo Alameida, who had experienced stigmata. While Andrew is collecting evidence, a young boy steals the rosary from the father's hand. The boy later sells it to a woman in a marketplace, who sends it to her atheist daughter, Frankie Paige, living in Pittsburgh.
Frankie is attacked by an unseen force while bathing, and receives two deep wounds on her wrists. As the wounds are treated, the doctors cannot find the cause. Frankie asks a priest if he is Andrew Kiernan, but the priest says he is Father Derning, the lights in the train flash, and Frankie is whipped from behind by an unseen force. While Frankie is hospitalized again, the priest sends security tapes showing the attack to the Vatican, and Andrew is sent to investigate.
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