The Reckoning

Overview

In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman being sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors now stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover a mystery.

Details

Cast

Paul Bettany

Nicholas

Willem Dafoe

Martin

Tom Hardy

Straw

Brian Cox

Tobias

Simon McBurney

Stephen

Luke de Woolfson

Daniel

Gina McKee

Sarah

Vincent Cassel

Lord De Guise

Ewen Bremner

Simon Damian

Mark Benton

Sheriff

Elvira Mínguez

Martha

Stuart Wells

Springer

Hamish McColl

Innkeeper

Matthew Macfadyen

King’s Justice

Marián Aguilera

Nicholas’ lover

Trevor Steedman

The cuckold husband

Richard Durden

Town Justice

Julian Barratt

Gravedigger

Simon Pegg

Gaoler

James Cosmo

Lambert