The Mill and the Cross is a period drama based on the painting 'The Procession to Calvary' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It depicts the religious symbolism and the struggles faced by the people of Flanders during the Protestant Reformation.
The unique view on the well-known story of Christ's death and resurrection, which we see with the eyes of brigand Barabbas who got away from death on the cross.
Fact and fiction collide in this exploitation flick that employs documentary footage depicting the bizarre self-flagellation rituals of the fanatical Catholic sect known as the Penitentes. Mixed with those truly disturbing sequences is a story concerning a killing in New Mexico, itself inspired by the murder of real-life reporter Carl Taylor as he worked on an article on the Penitentes.
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