[reading in Russian]
Amen.
[reporter on TV]
[praying in foreign language]
Ah!
Aaaaaaaahhhh!
Ahhh!
Aaaaaaaahhhh!
Forgive me, My Lord. I can't.
You would refuse the call?
This nun, Sister Yulia, has asked for you by name.
I have given you plenty notice.
Stayed on months longer than I should have, at your request,
performed exorcisms I don't believe in--
Well, this isn't an exorcism.
This is verification of a divine event
and some translating.
Bishop, I'm sorry.
My Lord, I saved that girl from her family,
not the devil.
I was fighting mental illness.
You healed her when nobody else could.
Do you deny that?
I did what all priests are supposed to do.
I gave her my love and attention.
I made her realize that her life had value,
that she was a child of God.
That is when her illness stopped.
Mm, perhaps, but Sister Yulia's case
seems to be different.
Local priests have confirmed its authenticity.
It's time for me to move on.
To be a good Christian rather than a bad priest.
You really shouldn't feel so guilty
for what you have done.
Priestly celibacy is rooted in tradition.
Not Catholic dogma.
If it were just an affair and I planned to end things,
it would be different. But... I love this woman.
And the child she's carrying deserves a real father.
Mm. Speaking of love,
this nun, Sister Yulia, is pregnant with twins.
She claims it's immaculate.
She says her two unborn kids talk to her,
and that she knows that one of them is good
and one is evil.
Take a read, would you, for me?
Cardinal Russo will personally oversee the verification.
He's an expert in ancient languages,
just like you.
Why's the Vatican sending a famous scholar?
I mean, someone like Cardinal Russo
could be a pope someday.
It shows you how seriously
the Vatican is taking this case.
Look!
Come here, [indistinct]. Hey.
Hi...
Buddy, come here.
How did it go?
As well as expected.
How you feeling?
A little sick this morning, but I'll be okay.
Schizophrenia, abusive childhood...
immaculate conception.
This woman needs help.
You should go.
You know she's not actually possessed.
I know that. But isn't this being a good Christian,
rather than a bad priest?
Making fun of me?
I'm not!
I'm saying that even if you have to pretend to be a priest
to help this woman, that's Christian. No?
Well, technically, I still am a priest.
But I have a different purpose now.
I don't want this to take me away from you.
It won't take me away from you.
I have to go to Estonia for work.
You'll probably be back before I am.
And when I get back, we should talk about Canada.
I think Edmonton would be a great place to raise a family.
But tell the bishop it's the last one,
and that you mean it!
His Eminence, Cardinal Russo. Father Fox.
Your Eminence. It's such an honor.
I have read all of your work.
I can't tell you how flattered I was
to be referenced so often
in your doctoral thesis on the cuneiform alphabet.
You read my thesis?
It seems no matter how old one gets,
there's always something to learn from the next generation.
Now if you don't mind, I'd like to show you something.
What is it, Father?
You have doubts?
I'm sorry, Your Eminence.
The colder it gets outside, the more hot water we use,
and when hot water passes through cold air,
you get condensation.
Have there been any developments outside the initial report?
Sister Yulia refuses to talk with anyone...
except you.
Do you have any idea why that might be?
Ah. Father Fox, please allow me to introduce Father Saul.
I, uh, suppose what happened in Murmansk.
Or perhaps because there are so few Catholics in Russia.
I see.
Good afternoon, Father.
You speak English.
Yes.
They didn't tell me that.
Where did you learn English?
I didn't.
The only reason I'm able to speak English
is so that I can speak with you.
Why don't you tell me why you became a nun.
For purpose. At first.
Then as time goes by,
you realize that you have come here to die.
But in my case, God said, "no."
And that is why he's given me children,
because he wants me to live.
You don't think that these children are from God.
I think all children are from God.
Well, I suppose that you are right.
Why did you ask to speak to me?
They-- they tell me things.
Things I would have no other way of knowing.
And they told me about you.
What did they tell you about me?
They told me you are the only one
that can keep the bad thing from happening.
You think something bad's gonna happen to you?
I didn't bring you here today, Father.
The church didn't bring you here.
God brought you here.
They are trying to stop His plan.
They think they know better.
Um, we're not finish--
[in Russian] That's enough for today.
We need your help.
Hey, Sister. We're not...
[reporter speaking on TV]
You wanted to see me, Your Eminence?
Father Fox. Please come in.
Uh, help yourself to a drink.
I shouldn't.
As you wish.
Do you recognize this language?
It's cuneiform, obviously, but it's not Sumerian.
It's not Akkadian.
It's a syllabary I've never seen before.
I believe this to be a secretive language
used by an elite class of Zoroastrian priests.
Kind of like the lost language of the druids.
And this is the original text,
transferred from person to person
for thousands of years.
What, uh, kind of material is this written on?
There are others.
Look, all of these are telling the same story.
Hebrew, Coptic, Arabic, Avestan, and Akkadian.
[reading] "A virgin will give birth to twin boys:
"one good, one evil.
"Before the Messiah can learn to love,
"the Antichrist will try and kill his brother.
He will use the holy man..."
"...the soldier, and the father."
I don't think this word is supposed to mean "virgin."
I think it implies that the Messiah
will be born a virgin birth, but that the devil
will have to enter her through free will.
She'll have to choose to have sex with a man.
Of course. Why didn't I think of that?
You think this prophecy might be real.
It's quite possible.
Sister Yulia is carrying twin boys.
This is Zoroastrian scripture,
more than a thousand years before Christ.
The others and I believe that this prophecy
is as divinely inspired as the Book of Revelation.
It's not Christian.
I was told you were a bit of a doubting Thomas.
Your Eminence, from what I've seen here today,
not to mention Sister Yulia's history of mental illness,
if it were up to me, she would already be in a hospital.
She saw things as a child. Visions she didn't understand.
Her parents, doctors, everyone thought
she was hallucinating so they medicated her,
when in fact I believe she saw visions from God.
Did you hear that?
Thank you, Father Fox. You've been most helpful.
You're dismissed.
Your Eminence.
Sister.
Sister Yulia!
Sister, stop!
Stop!
Sister!
[indistinct].
It will keep her sedated while we induce labor.
Labor? I thought this was an abortion.
It is.
But this late in the pregnancy, this is how it has to be done.
But what if you're wrong?
Our duty is to the Church.
To the teachings of Christ.
We cannot kill the Christ child.
We have to.
If they are born, they'll bring about the end of days.
The choice is our burden, our sacrifice.
That is Vox Dei's mission on Earth, Your Eminence.
God help us.
Killing children?
That's what you've been sent here to do?
The time will come when the Antichrist and the Messiah
will be born together. But not now.
What are you talking abou--
you actually believe this nonsense?
She could not possibly have known what she knows.
Those things.
What things?
Visions she saw when she was a child.
-The prophecy says-- -Your Eminence,
you are a Cardinal of the Church of Saint Peter.
If you do this, you will damn yourself to hell.
I'm sorry, but Vox Dei--
Vox Dei? God... God's Voice? What does that mean?
We are charged with protecting humanity.
The Antichrist will return
when mankind is furthest from God.
Your Eminence, she's just a girl.
She wants these children.
What have I done?
Cardinal, where did they go?
We have to go, now!
Buckle up before--
No, no, no, no!
Three tickets to Kiev, please.
-[speaks in Russian] -Kiev. Kiev.
Laura...
I need your help. Can you do me...?
There we go. That's it.
Gentle. That's it.
You don't look so good.
Is there anything I can do?
[speaking in Russian]
Ticket.
Thank you.
These are for Kiev. You are headed to Tallinn.
I'm sorry. We must have bought the wrong ones.
We don't speak Russian.
I trust you to pay the difference at the station.
Thank you. Bless you.
Let's try and get some rest, okay?
Please. I'm so sorry.
They are coming now.
I know what to do.
You need to help her breathe, okay?
She needs to breathe in and out. In and out.
Push!
Breathe... and push!
It's out!
Why isn't he crying?
[indistinct]. Why isn't he crying?
Passports.
I'm sorry. Our-- our luggage was stolen
and, uh, we need to get to an embassy.
You have children with you?
Do you have papers?
Ahhhhh!
You will be okay.
I stitch you while you sleep.
The child survived.
Yes.
Have you named them?
Samuel and Jacob.
Jacob. Samuel.
We've arrived.
Not that way.
Passport, please.
We bring children for adoption.
It seems you're going to make a couple very happy today.
Yes, we are. God bless you.
A full solar eclipse is now expected later this week.
Scientists have observed
[continues indistinctly].
Scientists have observed
extreme shifts in global ocean tides,
likely brought on by abnormal activity
in the Earth's core and rotation speed.
These oceanic shifts have nudged the moon up,
as expected of it.
Such a phenomenon has been suggested in theory
but never observed in nature.
My grandfather lived out here in his later years.
He and I were very close.
Your family is in oil shale?
Yes.
We're making the transition to renewables as fast as we can.
He became very strange toward the end.
But this place is big, warm,
and should have everything you might need.
Let me show you.
He wasn't always this eccentric.
He started prepping for the end of the world.
I guess that's what happens when you get old.
Your world literally is going to end.
There's food, dried goods, hunting supplies, you name it.
This is fascinating.
Is this supposed to be you and your grandfather?
I believe he saw visions of the end times.
That's what he spent his time painting.
Uh, the other thing.
Because my grandfather died suddenly,
there are almost certainly live traps still out there.
But as long as you don't go off any trail north,
you will be fine.
I grew up hunting.
Do you mind me asking,
how did your grandfather pass away?
It was unexpected.
Of course.
We should probably put them down.
Let me show you to your rooms.
God forgive me.
I will continue to serve you in this life and the next.
God bless you, Laura.
You really are an angel.
[continues speaking into phone]
Father,
let me check your wound.
Okay.
Oh, you tore a stitch.
I think you'll be okay.
Oh, I can come back if--
-No. -Oh, no.
It's fine. Let me walk you to your car.
How long can they stay here for?
As long as they need.
This place is on company land, and I have no use for it.
Thank you for doing this.
You mentioned Canada, raising our family there.
Yeah?
I think a fresh start would be good for us.
Really? You mean it?
I don't think we can go back to Saint Petersburg.
I'm sorry to put us in danger like this.
No, no, no, no. Don't apologize.
A person who saves one life, saves the world.
Are you sure you don't need to see a doctor?
No, I'm fine.
The sister seems to know what she's doing.
Go. I love you.
I love you, too. Get some rest, okay?
-Mm-hm. -I'll be back tomorrow.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
You know, um, I think we will be very happy here.
I have never been this happy and this at peace anywhere else.
Whoa, whoa.
Hey, hey, hey. It's okay. It's okay.
Hey! That's our dinner.
Argh.
We need the meat.
We get used to the comfort of this life
and forget the beauty of this world
is equal to the brutality it takes to live in it.
Oh, the old man, he left a map.
Shows where the traps are. He left markings on the trees.
There are nets and springs.
The springs are the dangerous ones.
I feel so free. Don't you?
I haven't felt this good in 20 years.
Come. Help me find the rest of these traps.
We're going to need to
if we're going to have children running around here someday.
I'm looking for Laura.
How's your wound?
Oh, it's fine.
We have to make sure that the wound isn't infected.
Come on. Sit.
Okay.
This might hurt a little.
It's impossible.
It's completely healed.
They're doing this to us.
They want us to be together.
Something smells good.
Makes perfect sense.
Born in Russia. Given your location by God.
And look. Here.
See?
This is where you gave birth on the train.
The hallowed elephant.
I believe this is where we are now.
You will die as a priest,
but be reborn as a father of twins.
But this is just one of many.
This is not the prophecy, but it's a possibility.
It's not set in stone. It depends what we decide.
You, Father Fox, you, Sister Yulia,
what you decide.
They're fighting. Even now.
Neither one is good or bad,
but one is a conduit for the light.
The other, a conduit for the Beast.
[singing in foreign language]
At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly
into his passion.
He took the bread and giving thanks,
broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying,
"Take this, all of you who need it,
for this is my body which will be given up for you."
In a similar way, when supper was ended,
he took the chalice and, once more giving thanks,
he gave it to his disciples, saying,
"Take this, all of you, and drink from it.
For this is the chalice of my blood,
the blood of the new and eternal covenant,
which will be poured out for you
and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this in memory of me."
Dreams.
It's how they communicate with us.
Like the men on the train, we share the same dream.
I think we were chosen.
Like Mary and Joseph.
I think we are meant to be a family.
Oh, my God. What's happened?
It's not mine. Some asshole at the factory threw blood on me.
Are you-- are you sure you're okay?
Babe, I'm fine!
I'm fine.
I booked a flight for Canada in the morning.
I know it's sudden,
but sooner is better for all of us.
At first they thought it was some kind of virus or bacteria,
but now they're saying there must be something
in the air or water, and of course,
they're blaming me, saying that I'm responsible.
Is there something wrong with the water?
No. Multiple tests have all come back negative.
I don't know what it is.
But it's getting scary out there.
I've never seen people act like this.
Sister, hi. How are you and the babies?
Wow, he-- these are all my grandfather's paintings.
Yes, the Cardinal.
There's more in the attic if he's interested.
[speaks in Russian]
Um, I will let him know.
Where is the Cardinal?
Must be hunting.
This is Jacob.
-Hi. -And this is Samuel.
Here. You take him.
Laura?
They're beautiful.
[indistinct]
as a mysterious outbreak continues to damage Estonia,
leaving experts baffled.
From nausea to psychosis,
[indistinct]
the end of the world.
Many believe the outbreak originated
in the mining region of Kose.
Some theorize a past conspiracy
involving the Kuusik family going back decades.
[continues indistinctly]
Strange. Katya was supposed to come.
Daniel, I have some clothes here
I think Sister Yulia could use.
Yeah.
Uh...
Okay.
Daniel!
Daniel?
I-- I...
Yes.
Someone's out there.
Someone's out here?
Babe, I don't... I don't see anyone.
I'm sorry.
I don't...
I think I'm just getting paranoid.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I understand.
Thank you.
I love you.
I love you more.
Kill the child and save many.
I will give you kingdoms.
I will give you power.
Kill the child.
I will give you all the flesh you desire.
Kill the child.
Everything you have had and lost.
Kill the child.
Hm. My grandfather said
it was supposed to be a portrait of me.
Come on. I have to stop by the factory
before we drop off the clothes for [indistinct].
[singing in foreign language]
Kill the child.
Kill the child and save many.
You are what you serve.
We can make all the pain go away...
if you agree to help us kill the child.
All your suffering, all your fear will disappear.
Save yourself.
God, have mercy on me.
Have mercy on me.
We should go.
I've known these men since I was a little girl.
I'll be fine. I'll be right back.
Wait here. Wait here.
Stop trying to reason with them.
Baby.
Hey, you're gonna be okay.
The baby.
Baby, look at me. Hey.
O holy hosts above [praying indistinctly].
Let the fire of the Holy Spirit now descend
that this being might be awakened
to the world beyond the life of Earth.
Russo!
Cardinal!
Russo!
Where are you, Russo?!
Hey! Get!
Get away from him! Hey! Get!
Hey, get away from him! Hey! Haa!
Get away from him! Haaaaa!
[indistinct]. Take it.
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Kill my brother and I will give you kingdoms.
I will put you on a throne.
Kill my brother and you will be seen.
Kill my brother and you will be known.
Kill my brother and you will be king.
Stop!
We have to kill the child.
We need to leave.
It is only a matter of time
before the rest of Vox Dei finds us.
Look at this. It's so clear.
This is us when we escaped from the convent.
This is Russo. His death.
Laura. And Laura's baby.
Your baby.
Just look at these paintings.
This is our dream.
This is us as a family.
What else do you need?
What don't you understand?
I've wasted my entire life.
What?
The prophecy is real.
Yes.
This is the point of all this.
It hasn't been decided. The devil could win.
He is not fighting against God.
He's fighting against us.
Oh, my God.
What have I helped you do?
Imagine what your life would be like
if it weren't for them...
how much better it would be.
They took me away from you.
You're raising good for God but bad for man.
Whose side are you on?
This battle has not been decided.
You can save humanity all by yourself.
You only have to kill the bad one.
It's not too late for us, my love.
Kill the child.
Then kill yourself.
Kill the child.
Kill yourself.
Kill the child. Kill yourself.
Hah!
Run.
Why did you lock this door?
It hurts my feelings.
The Lord is with thee.
Father God, pray for us sinners.
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
[indistinct].
Help! He's trying to kill us.
He's trying to kill my children!
Then he wants to kill me!
What did you say?
Huh?
Hey, guys, don't listen to her.
-She's just a crazy bitch! -What's that in your hands?
Fuck! Ah!
This is for your own good.
We are God's vessel on Earth.
I'll only kill the bad one.
I know which one is which now.
Hey, hey. I'll show you.
We are meant to protect the Messiah from his brother.
The world doesn't have to end.
Don't condemn half of humanity
because you can't sacrifice one child.
Think of Abraham and what he was willing to do to Isaac.
Samuel, he is using you!
Remember those dreams.
They were a warning.
That child is the devil!
If the world ends now,
most of humanity will be damned to hell!
You cannot save the world alone.
It will take all of us, all of us together to do that.
I alone have to.
Fox, this isn't you.
You must be somewhere in there.
Please.
Give me the child!
Please.
Give me the child!
-Please. -Give me the fucking child.
God made the world like this for a reason.
The good and the bad. And we must save both!
He didn't save Laura.
What about my child?
He didn't save him.
Aah!
Fox, stop!
I think we were chosen.
Like Mary and Joseph.
I think we are meant to be a family.
Fox! No!
Fox!
[praying in Russian]
God has chosen to become man.
To suffer the same desires
and temptations as all men do.
He too will learn
how to love through suffering.
It is up to us to guide him
and to make sure that he is prepared
to fight his brother...
We are not meant to know the why.
Love is the only way forward.