Pilgrimage

Ireland, 1209. An island on the edge of the world. A small group of monks begin a reluctant pilgrimage across an island torn between centuries of tribal warfare and the growing power of Norman invaders. Escorting their monastery's holiest relic to Rome, the monks' progress is seen through the eyes of a pious young novice and a mute lay-brother with a violent past. As the true material, political and religious significance of the bejewelled relic becomes dangerously apparent, their path to the east coast becomes increasingly fraught with danger. The monks belatedly realise that in this wild land of ancient superstitions, the faith that binds them together may ultimately lead to their destruction.

Critic Reviews:

• “For all its bloody and violent genre trappings, "Pilgrimage” is a gorgeously shot film that carefully renders the details of this fascinating historical period." – Los Angeles Times

• “As a bloody spectacle, the feature steadily builds in novelty and suspense to a queasily rousing final fight. As a meditation on the possible merits of such brutality, however, it's facile and self-satisfied.” – TheWrap

• “Here the filmmakers take a chance and turn a strange-seeming premise into a fast-moving tale.” – New York Times