The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return.|May. 13, 2009|138 Min.
Genre: Mystery;Thriller
Description: The Catholic Church grieves the unexpected passing of Pope Pius XVI and begins preparations for the papal conclave in Vatican City to choose his successor. During the sede vacante period, Father Patrick McKenna (Ewan McGregor), the camerlengo, assumes temporary leadership of the Vatican. Meanwhile, at CERN, scientists Father Silvano Bentivoglio and Dr. Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) successfully produce three canisters of antimatter. When Vetra returns to assess the experiment, she finds Silvano murdered and one of the canisters missing. Shortly after, four preferiti, the top candidates for the papacy, are abducted by someone claiming to represent the Illuminati. He issues a threat to the Vatican, vowing to kill each cardinal from 8 p.m. to midnight, after which the stolen antimatter will detonate, destroying the city. The antimatter is hidden somewhere within Vatican City.
American symbologist Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), who previously investigated the Priory of Sion in Paris and London, is summoned to the Vatican for assistance. Upon hearing the assassin’s threat, Langdon deduces that the four cardinals will be killed at altars along the “Path of Illumination,” each tied to the classical elements. Despite objections from Commander Richter (Stellan Skarsgård), head of the Swiss Guard, McKenna grants Langdon access to the Vatican Secret Archives to research the altars. Langdon and Dr. Vetra examine Galileo Galilei’s banned book, uncovering clues leading to the first altar. Initially believing it to be the Pantheon, they later identify it as the Chigi Chapel. Racing to the location with Ernesto Olivetti (Pierfrancesco Favino) and Claudio Vincenzi (David Pasquesi) of the Vatican City Gendarmerie, they arrive too late to save Cardinal Ebner, who is found dead, suffocated by dirt and branded with the ambigrammatic word “Earth.”
[Rephrased for clarity and conciseness in English]
Cast director: Ron Howard
Cast actor: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Thure Lindhardt, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fusco
Original name: Angels & Demons