A computer hacker penetrates Vatican security and sends an urgent anonymous plea to the pope. Handsome Father Quart, of the church's Institute of External Affairs, an arm of the Vatican intelligence, is dispatched to investigate. The message of the hacker concerns a crumbling 17th century Baroque church in the heart of Seville that apparently "kills to defend itself".
Cinematography
That Baroque church is the real star—crumbling, shadowy, barely held together.
Acting
Richard Armitage smoldering in a cassock, Franco Nero's papal gravitas.
Production
Seville locations so authentic you can practically smell the incense and dust.
Director
Sergio Dow
Richard Armitage
Father Quart
Franco Nero
The Pope
Paul Freeman
Father Ferro
Carlos Cuevas
Father Cooey
Fionnula Flanagan
Duchess Cruz Bruner
Paul Guilfoyle
Monsignor Spada
Will Keen
Archbishop Corvo
Amaia Salamanca
Macarena Bruner
Jorge Sanz
Fazil
Peter Vives
Father Oscar Lobato
Unax Ugalde
Father Arregui
Féodor Atkine
Cardenal Iwaszkiewicz
Rodolfo Sancho
Pencho Gavira
Simón Andreu
Octavio Machuca
Alicia Borrachero
Gris Marsala
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel 'La Piel del Tambor,' part of his Father Quart series that helped launch the 'clerical thriller' subgenre in Spain.
The real Church of El Salvador in Seville stood in for the fictional church—its actual Baroque decay required minimal production design.
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