The Crucifixion Page #2

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up to Tanacu to see what I can find out.

All right, you take care of

yourself, and. um, call me later.

- [horn blaring]

- [man yelling]

[starts car]

[man continues yelling]

[men singing faintly]

[singing continues]

[Gornik speaks Romanian]

[singing resumes]

[sobbing, speaking Romanian]

[bell tolling]

- Excuse me, Sister?

- Yes?

You were close with Sister Marinescu?

Since we were children.

My name's Nicole Rawlins

and I'm a journalist.

Please just leave us alone.

Look, I'm just curious about

what happened, that's all.

I don't understand how

Father Dumitru could kill her.

They didn't kill her.

[floorboards creak]

[muffled thump]

[indistinct voices chattering]

- [woman laughs]

- [muffled footsteps]

[camera shutter clicking]

- What are you doing?!

- [gasps]

- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to intrude.

- You have to leave now.

- I was just wondering if you could help me...

- This way.

...by answering a few questions

about the death of Sister Marinescu.

This way. Now.

Hi. Do you have a room available?

- Yes, of course.

- Great.

You don't know what's

going on outside, do you?

What's with all the masks?

They are setting up for

the Strigoi Festival.

And what's that?

A long time ago, once a year,

villagers would exhume the

body of someone they thought

to be an evil person and remove the heart.

Then they would burn it, mix the ashes

with water from the local well and drink it.

- They wore masks to cover their faces...

- [chuckles]

...protecting their

identity from dead souls.

But now it's just another

celebration to drink and have fun,

I suppose a lot like

your... how do you say...

- Halloween.

- Yes.

And how many nights will you be staying?

Can I kind of let you know as I go?

Yes, of course.

[indistinct chatter, laughter]

[man] By lighting the prayer

candles, we not only pray,

but our prayers become symbols

of the one light of Christ.

Light also affirms the power of goodness

over the darkness of evil.

I'm Father Anton.

Nicole Rawlins.

Is there someone you'd like to pray for?

Actually, I came in here

hoping to talk to you.

I saw you at Sister Marinescu's funeral.

You mind if I ask you a few questions?

Do you think Father Dumitru

was responsible for her death?

I don't think it would really

be fair for me to say anything,

because I wasn't there.

Do you think it would be fair to say

that if he truly felt she was possessed,

then it was his faith that killed her?

You sound like you don't

have a lot of faith in faith.

Faith is taught, it's not

something you're born with,

so whatever you end up

believing defines your actions.

Yes, but God gave you free will.

It's your choice to accept

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