Angels & Demons (2009)

Stellan Skarsgård: Commander Richter

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• Richter : He said they'd be killed publicly.

  Robert Langdon : Yes. Revenge... for La Purga.

  Richter : La Purga?

  Robert Langdon : Oh, geez, you guys don't even read your own history, do you? 1668, the Church kidnapped four Illuminati scientists and branded each one of them on the chest with the symbol of the cross... to purge them of their sins, and they executed them. Threw their bodies out into the street as a warning to others to stop questioning Church ruling on scientific matters. They radicalized them. The Purga created a darker, more violent Illuminati, one bent on... on retribution.

• Robert Langdon : I need access to the Vatican Archives.

  Inspector Olivetti : Professor, I don't think this is the appropriate moment.

  Richter : Your petition has been denied seven times.

  Robert Langdon : No, no. This has nothing to do with my work. The Path of Illumination is a hidden trail through Rome itself that leads to the Church of the Illumination, the place where the Illuminati would meet in secret. If I can find the Segno, the sign, that marks the beginning of that path, the four churches along it may be where he intends to murder your Cardinals. One every hour at 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00. Then the device explodes... at midnight. If we can figure out the first church and get there before he does, may be we can stop it. But I can't find the start of the path until I get into the Archives.

  Richter : Even if I wanted to help you, access to the Archives is only by written decree by the curator and the Board of Vatican Librarians.

  Robert Langdon : Or by papal mandate.

  Richter : Yes, but as you no doubt have heard, the Holy Father is dead.

  Robert Langdon : What about Il Carmerlengo?

  Richter : The Carmerlengo is just a priest here, the former Pope's chamberlain.

  Robert Langdon : Doesn't the power of the Holy See rest in him during Tempo Sede Vacante?

  [all the Vatican police men look at each other, with various degrees of doubt and uncertainty] 

  Robert Langdon : Fellas... you called me.