Black Death (2010) NYT Critics' Pick

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Eddie Redmayne in “Black Death”, directed by Christopher Smith.
‘Black Death’ and Dark Ages Drama
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Published: March 10, 2011

Scene: The year 1348, somewhere in Europe. Enter the bubonic plague, represented by lolling corpses and scurrying rats. Osmund (Eddie Redmayne), a conflicted young monk, has been recruited by a fanatically devout knight (Sean Bean) and his small band of church-hired mercenaries to lead them to a remote, pestilence-free village. Disturbed by rumors that the villagers are using sorcery to ward off the sickness, the bishop would like his heavily-armed goons to ask them very nicely to stop. More

BLACK DEATH: Opens on Friday in West Hollywood, Calif.; Minneapolis; and New York.