3. Stigmata
The movie was released in 1999, based on supernatural horror theme and was directed by Rupert Wainwright; the movie is based on the common belief of stigmata, which deals with the occurrence of Christ’s five signs on crucifixion. The movie revolves around an atheist Pittsburgh hairdresser, the role played by Patricia Arquette, and her life during and after having experienced stigmata. Stigmata is a Roman Catholic religious belief of having Christ’s sacred wounds on body of priests and other religious people as a result of having close affiliation with Christ and desire to experience His pain. The movie shows Catholic Church and the stigmata in negative light as Patricia (Frankie) is shown as a possessed being with appearance of Holy Wounds. The release of the movie was received with huge success as it was immensely fruitful in acquiring considerably large budget, but this did not stop the religious figures from criticising it. Frankie is possessed by the deceased investigating Father Almeida who has found and was translating the missing Gospel; the Gospel was a threat to the Church as it says that holiness is not limited to Church only, which is something the Church does not want the people to know.
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