When was the movie Stigmata first released?
A man walks into a church that is filled with worshipers, all holding candles and staring at a sculpture at the front altar. He steps forward and observes a white statue of the Virgin Mary, with two streams of red tears flowing out of its eyes. As another priest greets him, you learn that the man is Father (NAME), an investigator sent from the Vatican to determine the validity of divine occurrences. The priest explains to Father (NAME) that the tears began flowing when Father Almedia died; his body still on display in a coffin to the side of the statue. While (NAME) takes pictures and samples of the liquid, a small young boy steals the rosary wrapped around Father Almedia’s hands in the coffin. In a local market, the boy sells the rosary to an older white woman, while a local stall vendor warns them that it isn’t right to steal from the dead. In Pittsburg, Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) lives a fast and free lifestyle, working at a hair salon and partying with her friends at clubs.
Stigmata is a 1999 film directed by Rupert Wainwright and starring Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne. Synopsis: The film follows the conflict between Frankie (Patricia Arquette), an atheist Pittsburgh hairdresser who exhibits true stigmata, and Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne), a former scientist and ordained Jesuit priest who, as part of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, investigates miracles for the Vatican. Kiernan soon discovers that the stigmata stems from the spirit of Father Paulo Alameida, who was excommunicated for his discovery of a lost Gospel challenging the very foundations of Catholicism by suggesting that Jesus Christ did not want churches built to worship God. When a powerful Vatican cleric, Cardinal Daniel Houseman (Jonathan Pryce), attempts to have Frankie silenced, she and Kiernan go on the run. The movie does not suggest that Jesus Christ did not want churches built for worship; but rather, it suggests that truly believing in your heart and helpi
