Heresy (2024) Movie Script
1
[Crows cawing]
- [Praying in Dutch]
[Dog barking]
[Indistinct conversations,
shouting]
[Cup thuds]
[In Dutch] You shouldn't
hide it from me.
God is with us.
[Bell tolling]
[In Dutch]
Almighty, eternal God.
Through your grace, fulfill the
desire of Your servant.
And turn the shame of
infertility away from me.
I have-
[Crow cawing]
[In Dutch] Lord...
Your love and faithfulness
are infinite, You are always with me.
[Panting]
[Animal calls]
[In Dutch] Look with compassion
upon Your sinners.
For we all have sin.
Forgive Gelo, as You
have forgiven each one of us.
And do not lead us
into temptation...
but deliver us
from the grip of evil.
I forgive you your sins...
Gelo.
Father.
[Chuckles]
Oh Frieda.
One more time.
In the name of God. You said it
yourself: God shines His light mercifully today.
One more time.
In the name of God.
[Indistinct conversations]
[In Dutch]
How can God allow this?
I feel...
...hollow.
Maybe I'll go into
the shadow of the forest.
Perhaps that's better.
Disappear into the fog.
Please don't say that, Sasha.
God's house has many rooms.
There is space for everyone.
Yes.
But not here.
[Geese honking]
[Metal clanging]
[In Dutch] Soft bones, clean
guts. You can eat it right away.
I prefer them fully grown.
And I prefer them
small and weak.
[Knife chopping]
Frieda,
fresh corpse-beggars for you.
- Given from His gentle hand.
- Praise Him.
- Given from His gentle hand.
- Praise Him.
Given from His gentle hand.
In lust, two are to blame.
That's what the father says,
right?
- I said no.
- Stay away from me.
Are you always this resistant,
huh?
Who will help you then?
In a childless marriage.
Frieda.
- I can help you.
- Never, never with you.
Then who else?
[Rain falling]
[Sheep bleating]
[In Dutch] ...the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Lord, You have compassion for
the suffering of the barren.
Give with grace, so that
Your servant may fulfill her true duty in this life.
Let her go out...
and help her bring a child
into the world.
Bury it now in a place
only you know, so that the urine remains untouched.
If the next day you find worms
within the bowl- - then my womb is barren.
[Fire crackling]
[In Dutch] Lord, bless us and
these gifts, which we receive through Your kindness.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Mm.
Fertility test?
Beautiful.
With God's blessing.
The boar was pregnant.
The Father thinks the meat can
help us, with our problem.
- Perhaps it's a sign-
- Don't you dare...
Never imply that
it's my problem, Frieda.
This is on you, only you,
not me.
[Indistinct conversations]
[In Dutch] Sweet girl.
Gelo.
[Crows cawing]
[Growls]
[Grunting]
[Screams]
[Growls]
[Gasps]
[Growls]
[Choking]
If you won't let me help you,
then die. Just die!
Come on, my-
[Grunts]
[Gurgling]
[Creature yowls]
[Footsteps]
[Gasps]
[Creature yowls]
[Creature yowling]
[Villagers singing in Dutch]
[Crying]
[Speaking Dutch]
[Murmuring]
- [In Dutch] Frieda.
- What happened?
[Rain falling]
[Thump]
[In Dutch] Hikko.
[Thumping]
Hikko, Hikko.
[Thumping]
[Thunder crashes]
[Knocking on door]
[In Dutch] Frieda.
Frieda, open the door.
Frieda.
No one should ever go near
that dark forest.
- No, Gelo-
- No, you.
What in God's name is a woman
doing in those devilish woods?
You bear the curse
and curse those around you.
No woman has ever returned alive
from that forest.
She doesn't have a single
scratch on her.
The barren one conspires
with the Devil.
She should be banished
from the village.
[Breathing shakily]
[In Dutch] Gelo.
[Men shouting in Dutch]
Gelo.
[Vomiting]
Lord God, you have given me
the power to cast out the Devil.
What in God's name?
It's Gelo.
It's Gelo!
Burn it back to hell
where it belongs.
- But it's Gelo.
- Set that devilish tree on fire, damn it.
- Wisund.
- Now.
[Screams]
He's alive.
[Creature shrieks]
[Snarling]
Get out.
[Breathing shakily]
[Creature shrieks]
[Whimpers]
[Footsteps]
[Trees creaking]
[In Dutch] I pray to You,
to anyone, hear me.
Frieda, my love.
She conspires with the Devil.
Those aren't angels.
Oh, my God, please.
Stay with her.
She conspires with the Devil.
I'm losing her.
My Frieda, Frieda.
Frieda, stay with us.
She speaks with the Devil.
Be careful, careful, Frieda.
It's the Devil.
[Gasps]
[Breathing heavily]
[In Dutch] Oh, my Lord.
Hear me my Lord.
Your servant-
Lord, I have sinned.
Those demons in the fog-
I believed in them.
They seduced me
and imitated your voice.
Lord, please speak to me now.
They've invaded my dreams.
Deliver Your humble servant,
for this doubt is un-
You doubt the Lord?
You meet the Devil
in your dreams?
No, I have been deceived.
What have you done
in those dreams?
Have you seen the hellfire?
A lake of fire and brimstone?
Eyes that rain endless agony
with their gaze?
Everything you know now,
is only the beginning.
And you bring a curse upon us
all with your doubts.
Deliver me.
You must want to suffer
for your sins.
Like Christ on the cross.
Bleed.
[Whip cracking]
[In Dutch] You have to truly
want to atone, Frieda.
I see no real conviction here.
- [Whip cracks]
- [Screams]
Be quiet.
Be quiet, and suffer
as you should.
- [Whip cracks]
- [Screams]
Hikko, no.
It's my responsibility.
Frieda, no it's mine.
[Screams]
Hikko, Hikko.
[Crying]
God, my-
Frieda, Frieda?
[Crying]
- Frieda.
- Sasha, no.
- Father, let me.
- Go back inside.
Frieda, we can't help you.
- Go inside.
- Father.
Go to the Father.
We're sorry.
Go inside.
We're sorry, Frieda.
[Praying in Dutch]
[Crying]
[Creature shrieking]
[Footsteps]
[Shrieks]
[Animals calling]
[Murmuring]
[In Dutch] Hikko.
We thought you were dead.
Your return is-
It is a miracle from God, but-
But-
Our bed is no longer yours.
I'll make a new place
in the house.
[In Dutch]
Frieda is back with us...
but we are still
without our butcher.
- We are still without Gelo.
- Gelo.
- We must toast to Gelo.
- Yes, Gelo.
Gelo, glorious martyr.
The gates of heaven have
opened wide for you.
And there Gelo has received
the fruit from the tree of life.
Or was Gelo punished
for his sins?
Are you claiming
that the Father lies?
[Laughter]
Why did God let her live...
if she can't even do
what she's good for?
We should no longer believe
everything they say.
Beer.
[Laughs]
[In Dutch] Frieda?
[Gasping]
Frieda.
Has something strange
crawled into your clothing?
[Murmuring]
No, it seems fine to me.
- Fine?
- Yes.
[In Dutch] Frieda.
Frieda.
Frieda.
We can't be late
for the evening mass, can we?
[In Dutch] Show us Your grace,
Lord, our God.
Reaffirm the work of our hands.
The work of our hands,
reaffirm it. - ...affirm that.
In the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- Amen.
- Amen.
Yes, amen.
Frieda.
Do you still know your prayers?
I have never forgotten them.
Now.
- Eternal, holy-
- No.
Almighty Lord.
And-
- Anna, mother of Virgin Mary-
- Stop.
A prayer never begins
with the woman, Frieda.
But always begins with the Lord
and only the Lord.
[Vomits]
Don't you see? That bitch is
pregnant, pregnant I tell you.
Show her belly.
Lady Sibbia has seen it too.
This woman conspires
with the Devil.
Look what Gelo had discovered.
Devil worship!
No, Gelo was possessed by lust.
God watched over me.
- Gelo was the Devil there.
- Silence, woman.
My child is a miracle from God.
Yes, the Lord has listened
to her prayers.
Forgive us, Father.
Take Frieda to the punishment
cage, now!
- Go away.
- Get out.
Frieda, Frieda.
Take her away, now, before
she sows more lies of the Devil.
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
- On earth as it is in heaven.
- God is with us.
[In Dutch]
Don't you dare, witch.
You destroy the devotion
of generations.
Deformed brood of vipers.
Hikko, boy.
Fulfill your duty.
Now is the time to become a man.
She's not worth the trouble.
Frieda.
Father Bartholomeus
wants to wait. He-
He wants to starve you
so that the snake of Satan comes out, but-
But the child-
The child-
The child must die.
It must be cut out
before it grows.
God screams it in my mind
all the time, all the time.
No, Hikko.
No.
No.
God commands it,
the child must die, Frieda.
- God is with us, Frieda.
- No, Hikko, no.
God is with us, Frieda.
The child must die.
The child must die.
Frieda, God commands it.
[Screams]
[Grunts]
[Roars]
[Panting]
[Breathing heavily]
[Coughing]
[Both crying]
[Crying stops]
Wisund.
Wisund.
Wisund.
Grab your torches,
we're going to the woods.
[Villagers conversing
indistinctly]
I've found her!
[Villagers shout]
[Grunts]
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom-
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done.
- On earth as it is in heaven.
- Hikko, are you sure?
It's the demons to blame,
not Frieda.
- Sunno, that isn't Frieda
anymore.
Silence. That's the Devil.
[Growling]
[Sobs]
[Screams]
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
- [Creature snarls]
- [Screams]
Get out.
My child, mine.
[Screams]
[Shouts]
Hikko.
[Crying]
[Shouting in Dutch]
Hikko.
Hikko.
That woman, that woman.
She is the Devil.
She is the Devil personified.
- Hikko.
- Sasha.
Sasha, Sasha, come here.
Sasha, come back with us.
Sasha.
[Heartbeat]
[Crows cawing]
- [Praying in Dutch]
[Dog barking]
[Indistinct conversations,
shouting]
[Cup thuds]
[In Dutch] You shouldn't
hide it from me.
God is with us.
[Bell tolling]
[In Dutch]
Almighty, eternal God.
Through your grace, fulfill the
desire of Your servant.
And turn the shame of
infertility away from me.
I have-
[Crow cawing]
[In Dutch] Lord...
Your love and faithfulness
are infinite, You are always with me.
[Panting]
[Animal calls]
[In Dutch] Look with compassion
upon Your sinners.
For we all have sin.
Forgive Gelo, as You
have forgiven each one of us.
And do not lead us
into temptation...
but deliver us
from the grip of evil.
I forgive you your sins...
Gelo.
Father.
[Chuckles]
Oh Frieda.
One more time.
In the name of God. You said it
yourself: God shines His light mercifully today.
One more time.
In the name of God.
[Indistinct conversations]
[In Dutch]
How can God allow this?
I feel...
...hollow.
Maybe I'll go into
the shadow of the forest.
Perhaps that's better.
Disappear into the fog.
Please don't say that, Sasha.
God's house has many rooms.
There is space for everyone.
Yes.
But not here.
[Geese honking]
[Metal clanging]
[In Dutch] Soft bones, clean
guts. You can eat it right away.
I prefer them fully grown.
And I prefer them
small and weak.
[Knife chopping]
Frieda,
fresh corpse-beggars for you.
- Given from His gentle hand.
- Praise Him.
- Given from His gentle hand.
- Praise Him.
Given from His gentle hand.
In lust, two are to blame.
That's what the father says,
right?
- I said no.
- Stay away from me.
Are you always this resistant,
huh?
Who will help you then?
In a childless marriage.
Frieda.
- I can help you.
- Never, never with you.
Then who else?
[Rain falling]
[Sheep bleating]
[In Dutch] ...the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Lord, You have compassion for
the suffering of the barren.
Give with grace, so that
Your servant may fulfill her true duty in this life.
Let her go out...
and help her bring a child
into the world.
Bury it now in a place
only you know, so that the urine remains untouched.
If the next day you find worms
within the bowl- - then my womb is barren.
[Fire crackling]
[In Dutch] Lord, bless us and
these gifts, which we receive through Your kindness.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Mm.
Fertility test?
Beautiful.
With God's blessing.
The boar was pregnant.
The Father thinks the meat can
help us, with our problem.
- Perhaps it's a sign-
- Don't you dare...
Never imply that
it's my problem, Frieda.
This is on you, only you,
not me.
[Indistinct conversations]
[In Dutch] Sweet girl.
Gelo.
[Crows cawing]
[Growls]
[Grunting]
[Screams]
[Growls]
[Gasps]
[Growls]
[Choking]
If you won't let me help you,
then die. Just die!
Come on, my-
[Grunts]
[Gurgling]
[Creature yowls]
[Footsteps]
[Gasps]
[Creature yowls]
[Creature yowling]
[Villagers singing in Dutch]
[Crying]
[Speaking Dutch]
[Murmuring]
- [In Dutch] Frieda.
- What happened?
[Rain falling]
[Thump]
[In Dutch] Hikko.
[Thumping]
Hikko, Hikko.
[Thumping]
[Thunder crashes]
[Knocking on door]
[In Dutch] Frieda.
Frieda, open the door.
Frieda.
No one should ever go near
that dark forest.
- No, Gelo-
- No, you.
What in God's name is a woman
doing in those devilish woods?
You bear the curse
and curse those around you.
No woman has ever returned alive
from that forest.
She doesn't have a single
scratch on her.
The barren one conspires
with the Devil.
She should be banished
from the village.
[Breathing shakily]
[In Dutch] Gelo.
[Men shouting in Dutch]
Gelo.
[Vomiting]
Lord God, you have given me
the power to cast out the Devil.
What in God's name?
It's Gelo.
It's Gelo!
Burn it back to hell
where it belongs.
- But it's Gelo.
- Set that devilish tree on fire, damn it.
- Wisund.
- Now.
[Screams]
He's alive.
[Creature shrieks]
[Snarling]
Get out.
[Breathing shakily]
[Creature shrieks]
[Whimpers]
[Footsteps]
[Trees creaking]
[In Dutch] I pray to You,
to anyone, hear me.
Frieda, my love.
She conspires with the Devil.
Those aren't angels.
Oh, my God, please.
Stay with her.
She conspires with the Devil.
I'm losing her.
My Frieda, Frieda.
Frieda, stay with us.
She speaks with the Devil.
Be careful, careful, Frieda.
It's the Devil.
[Gasps]
[Breathing heavily]
[In Dutch] Oh, my Lord.
Hear me my Lord.
Your servant-
Lord, I have sinned.
Those demons in the fog-
I believed in them.
They seduced me
and imitated your voice.
Lord, please speak to me now.
They've invaded my dreams.
Deliver Your humble servant,
for this doubt is un-
You doubt the Lord?
You meet the Devil
in your dreams?
No, I have been deceived.
What have you done
in those dreams?
Have you seen the hellfire?
A lake of fire and brimstone?
Eyes that rain endless agony
with their gaze?
Everything you know now,
is only the beginning.
And you bring a curse upon us
all with your doubts.
Deliver me.
You must want to suffer
for your sins.
Like Christ on the cross.
Bleed.
[Whip cracking]
[In Dutch] You have to truly
want to atone, Frieda.
I see no real conviction here.
- [Whip cracks]
- [Screams]
Be quiet.
Be quiet, and suffer
as you should.
- [Whip cracks]
- [Screams]
Hikko, no.
It's my responsibility.
Frieda, no it's mine.
[Screams]
Hikko, Hikko.
[Crying]
God, my-
Frieda, Frieda?
[Crying]
- Frieda.
- Sasha, no.
- Father, let me.
- Go back inside.
Frieda, we can't help you.
- Go inside.
- Father.
Go to the Father.
We're sorry.
Go inside.
We're sorry, Frieda.
[Praying in Dutch]
[Crying]
[Creature shrieking]
[Footsteps]
[Shrieks]
[Animals calling]
[Murmuring]
[In Dutch] Hikko.
We thought you were dead.
Your return is-
It is a miracle from God, but-
But-
Our bed is no longer yours.
I'll make a new place
in the house.
[In Dutch]
Frieda is back with us...
but we are still
without our butcher.
- We are still without Gelo.
- Gelo.
- We must toast to Gelo.
- Yes, Gelo.
Gelo, glorious martyr.
The gates of heaven have
opened wide for you.
And there Gelo has received
the fruit from the tree of life.
Or was Gelo punished
for his sins?
Are you claiming
that the Father lies?
[Laughter]
Why did God let her live...
if she can't even do
what she's good for?
We should no longer believe
everything they say.
Beer.
[Laughs]
[In Dutch] Frieda?
[Gasping]
Frieda.
Has something strange
crawled into your clothing?
[Murmuring]
No, it seems fine to me.
- Fine?
- Yes.
[In Dutch] Frieda.
Frieda.
Frieda.
We can't be late
for the evening mass, can we?
[In Dutch] Show us Your grace,
Lord, our God.
Reaffirm the work of our hands.
The work of our hands,
reaffirm it. - ...affirm that.
In the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- Amen.
- Amen.
Yes, amen.
Frieda.
Do you still know your prayers?
I have never forgotten them.
Now.
- Eternal, holy-
- No.
Almighty Lord.
And-
- Anna, mother of Virgin Mary-
- Stop.
A prayer never begins
with the woman, Frieda.
But always begins with the Lord
and only the Lord.
[Vomits]
Don't you see? That bitch is
pregnant, pregnant I tell you.
Show her belly.
Lady Sibbia has seen it too.
This woman conspires
with the Devil.
Look what Gelo had discovered.
Devil worship!
No, Gelo was possessed by lust.
God watched over me.
- Gelo was the Devil there.
- Silence, woman.
My child is a miracle from God.
Yes, the Lord has listened
to her prayers.
Forgive us, Father.
Take Frieda to the punishment
cage, now!
- Go away.
- Get out.
Frieda, Frieda.
Take her away, now, before
she sows more lies of the Devil.
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
- On earth as it is in heaven.
- God is with us.
[In Dutch]
Don't you dare, witch.
You destroy the devotion
of generations.
Deformed brood of vipers.
Hikko, boy.
Fulfill your duty.
Now is the time to become a man.
She's not worth the trouble.
Frieda.
Father Bartholomeus
wants to wait. He-
He wants to starve you
so that the snake of Satan comes out, but-
But the child-
The child-
The child must die.
It must be cut out
before it grows.
God screams it in my mind
all the time, all the time.
No, Hikko.
No.
No.
God commands it,
the child must die, Frieda.
- God is with us, Frieda.
- No, Hikko, no.
God is with us, Frieda.
The child must die.
The child must die.
Frieda, God commands it.
[Screams]
[Grunts]
[Roars]
[Panting]
[Breathing heavily]
[Coughing]
[Both crying]
[Crying stops]
Wisund.
Wisund.
Wisund.
Grab your torches,
we're going to the woods.
[Villagers conversing
indistinctly]
I've found her!
[Villagers shout]
[Grunts]
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom-
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done.
- On earth as it is in heaven.
- Hikko, are you sure?
It's the demons to blame,
not Frieda.
- Sunno, that isn't Frieda
anymore.
Silence. That's the Devil.
[Growling]
[Sobs]
[Screams]
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
- [Creature snarls]
- [Screams]
Get out.
My child, mine.
[Screams]
[Shouts]
Hikko.
[Crying]
[Shouting in Dutch]
Hikko.
Hikko.
That woman, that woman.
She is the Devil.
She is the Devil personified.
- Hikko.
- Sasha.
Sasha, Sasha, come here.
Sasha, come back with us.
Sasha.
[Heartbeat]