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In present day Barcelona, three women have unlocked a mystery from the past. A book details a crime from 1762 and leads to a surprising conclusion for an American reporter intent on finding the truth.

Directed, photographed, and produced by Canadian Lochinvar Sturdy, Bruja 1762 is a dark journey through the past of medieval Spain.

Filmed on location in Barcelona, Bruja 1762 features a cast of new actors to cinema: Elizabet Assens, Claudia Cañas, Nuria Morell, Cheryl Hutton, Benjamin Nathan-Serio, Alejandra Soler and Alejandra Miñones.

A Studio Matamoros Film
Transcript
00:00:00La la...
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00:00:30I don't know.
00:01:00I don't know.
00:01:30I don't know.
00:02:00I don't know.
00:02:30I don't know.
00:02:59I take interest in strange tales, and this one, as you'll see, is indeed a very strange
00:03:10tale.
00:03:10It started with a book in a place I was not completely unaccustomed to, with a young woman.
00:03:22A woman who took a great deal of interest in this book.
00:03:32There was another, who had an equal interest, and a third, with a past I can only describe
00:03:48as unfortunate and tragic.
00:03:49I witnessed all of this from my vantage point as a reporter.
00:03:58I witnessed all of this from my vantage point as a reporter.
00:04:09Never really sure what I would find next.
00:04:16One night, I heard a voice in my head.
00:04:39What do you think?
00:04:40What do you think?
00:04:41What do you think?
00:04:42What do you think?
00:04:43What do you think?
00:04:44What do you think?
00:04:45What do you think?
00:04:46What do you think?
00:04:47What do you think?
00:04:48What do you think?
00:04:49What do you think?
00:04:50What do you think?
00:04:51What do you think?
00:04:52What do you think?
00:04:54What do you think?
00:04:55I have to speak with her.
00:04:57What do you think?
00:04:59What do you think?
00:05:00I feel.
00:05:01It's not up to me.
00:05:03What do you think?
00:05:04What?
00:05:04If I don't like you, what do you think?
00:05:05I think we have kids, both of which I'll take them away when I was very soft.
00:05:13Tuvo la mala suerte
00:05:27De estar en el lugar equivocado
00:05:33En la hora correcta
00:05:43Sana
00:05:57Guapa
00:06:01Soltera
00:06:13Yo tomé su nombre
00:06:15Su apariencia
00:06:18Lo que era de ella
00:06:26Por derecho era mío
00:06:29Yo lo reclamo como mío
00:06:32Para ser lo mío
00:06:34Debo tomarlo
00:06:43Yo lo reclamo como mío
00:07:131762
00:07:31Ese era el año
00:07:34El libro dice
00:07:37Que ahí fue cuando
00:07:39Todo comenzó
00:07:40No soy ninguna escolar
00:07:43Tampoco soy una tonta
00:07:46Esta es mi oportunidad
00:07:57Es la oportunidad de hacer las cosas correctas
00:08:00Para mi beneficio
00:08:02Y para hacer que esto funcione
00:08:08Voy a necesitar la ayuda de ellas
00:08:11No puedo hacerlo sola
00:08:21Puedo confiar en esas dos
00:08:24Lo han hecho bien en el pasado
00:08:26Y esta vez
00:08:29Hay mucho que perder
00:08:31Mucho
00:08:31Y hay mucho que ganar
00:08:33No me puedo andar por las ramas
00:08:35Ni con tonterías
00:08:36Sería una tonta
00:08:39Si confío totalmente en ellas
00:08:41No me puedo andar por las ramas
00:08:52Y me puedo desaparecer
00:08:53Creo que haga otra
00:09:55Yeah, we'll see what happens.
00:09:58For now, I have the book.
00:10:03I learned of the first one purely by chance.
00:10:14She contacted me, told me about the book.
00:10:23She asked me to meet her in the park.
00:10:37The book explained the tragedy, secrets from the past.
00:10:49I would get paid, so I took notes, like any good reporter.
00:11:02But what was she doing here in the park?
00:11:19What was she up to?
00:11:25I wanted to talk to her in person.
00:11:28She said that was impossible.
00:11:31She wasn't making this easy for me.
00:11:32I want to talk to her.
00:11:50All I had to do was write the story.
00:12:15Write what I saw, the church, the year, the book, dancing in the park.
00:12:37Those were the facts so far.
00:12:41Only to watch, only to listen.
00:13:11All I had to do was write the story.
00:13:18All I had to do was write the story.
00:13:23All I had to do was write the story.
00:13:30All I had to do was write the story.
00:13:39All I had to do was write the story.
00:13:45All I had to do was write the story.
00:13:49All I had to do was write the story.
00:14:01All I had to do was write the story.
00:14:04All I had to do was write the story.
00:14:20All I had to do was write the story.
00:14:23And then she danced in the park.
00:14:28All I could think was that this lady was a loony bin.
00:14:36Some ballet number turned into some modern jazzy routine.
00:14:42Makes no difference to me.
00:15:11Not me, but not her.
00:15:12No?
00:15:16No, no.
00:15:20I forgot to think about this.
00:15:21Yeah, okay.
00:15:24There was a clip.
00:15:27Not me, I got back here.
00:15:30Are you sure?
00:15:31Write a story, get paid.
00:16:01I'm learning this one day at a time.
00:16:30My part isn't so easy.
00:16:38Can this happen?
00:16:40I don't see why not.
00:16:46I can make it happen if I want.
00:16:54Now I deal any card I want.
00:17:01I have played more difficult than this in the past.
00:17:07Where was the Italian prize?
00:17:13The Greek prize.
00:17:15I can recall the American prize.
00:17:20How can I forget the French prize?
00:17:23All meaningless in their own way.
00:17:29Yet, I won.
00:17:32I got my way.
00:17:36Now I'm working with these two.
00:17:39This reporter, cooking up a story.
00:17:44Of course I can't trust them completely, especially her.
00:17:49She's the one I have to watch.
00:17:52For now, I just play this out, deal the cards.
00:18:01Watch and wait.
00:18:02Keep it moving forward.
00:18:06Remember the prize.
00:18:07Simply play this out, and get my cut.
00:18:25And I'll see you next time.
00:18:41CHOIR SINGS
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00:22:41Taken away to talk, to confess.
00:23:11Taken away to talk, to confess.
00:23:41Taken away to talk, to confess.
00:24:11Can you help me to find a way out?
00:24:20Yes, I can.
00:24:23I need the facts.
00:24:26I need for you to tell me the facts.
00:24:31That's all.
00:24:32For example, who are the others?
00:24:38How did you meet them?
00:24:38Are you sure you can help me?
00:24:47I'm sure.
00:24:48Yes.
00:24:51They called me.
00:24:53About three weeks ago.
00:24:56They said I had to do it.
00:25:00Do it.
00:25:01What?
00:25:09I cannot tell you that.
00:25:13I have to go now.
00:25:14I have to go now.
00:25:26I have to go now.
00:25:29Oh
00:25:59Oh
00:26:07I'm missing catap lip
00:26:59I'm confused.
00:27:23I was led in one direction.
00:27:26And now, another.
00:27:33I'm confused, but not completely lost.
00:27:38That's okay.
00:27:46Start again.
00:27:49Begin again.
00:27:52Yeah.
00:27:53That's always best.
00:27:55So, I've returned to the year 1762.
00:28:03The authority was all-powerful.
00:28:08Found its prey.
00:28:10Took action.
00:28:13Can't blame them.
00:28:16Certainly worked.
00:28:16I can't find an exact amount.
00:28:25But the records in today's currency is in the tens of millions.
00:28:34Tens of millions.
00:28:36Good business.
00:28:42By anyone's standards.
00:28:43I know who I am.
00:29:05I'm not her.
00:29:06I'm getting too deep into this.
00:29:18I've got to get out.
00:29:21I did not agree to play this part.
00:29:23What's happened to the other one?
00:29:36I don't trust her.
00:29:38I don't trust her.
00:30:02I don't trust her.
00:30:03I don't trust her.
00:30:05I'm close.
00:30:25Very close.
00:30:30The story is coming together.
00:30:35Piece by piece.
00:30:39One fact at a time.
00:30:50Madero.
00:30:52Matamoros.
00:30:56Laurent Massau.
00:31:00The names have changed.
00:31:02The structures remain the same.
00:31:06How many different owners have there been over the centuries?
00:31:16What difference does it make now?
00:31:22New blood is chasing the prize now.
00:31:36If I write the story, I can write the ending.
00:31:42Isn't that what good reporting is all about?
00:31:51Give people what they want most.
00:31:55Hm.
00:31:57I'm a person too.
00:32:01What do I get out of it?
00:32:07Make a deal.
00:32:08Perhaps.
00:32:11Is that the end of the story?
00:32:13Is that the end of the story?
00:32:27...
00:33:31What is the meaning of it?
00:34:01What is the meaning of it?
00:34:25These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
00:34:31They worship me in vain.
00:34:35Their teachings are but rules taught by men.
00:34:41They worship me in vain.
00:34:47They worship me in vain.
00:34:51They worship me in vain.
00:34:59They worship me in vain.
00:35:01They worship me in vain.
00:35:07They worship me in vain.
00:35:09They worship me in vain.
00:35:11They worship me in vain.
00:35:39THE END
00:36:09So the story was out
00:36:10Another job well done
00:36:20The heiress was six feet under
00:36:35Don't bother reading the details
00:36:40I'll fill you in
00:36:41The good lady
00:36:45Montserrat
00:36:46Died quietly in her sleep
00:36:49Doctors suspected
00:36:53Asphyxiation
00:36:54She was an asthmatic, you know
00:36:58The funeral?
00:37:01I can't say it was attended by many
00:37:04Since it never took place
00:37:07Amazing, really
00:37:11What people will believe these days
00:37:13If it's printed
00:37:15It must be true
00:37:18So
00:37:22I made a few bucks
00:37:25By stretching the truth
00:37:27So what?
00:37:32I have no idea
00:37:34What they're up to
00:37:35All this
00:37:38Hocus pocus nonsense
00:37:41Costume changes
00:37:45Rituals
00:37:48Makeup
00:37:49Wigs
00:37:53Dancing
00:37:55What did I care?
00:38:01I would like to tell you
00:38:03I took my money
00:38:05And simply went my merry way
00:38:07But now
00:38:13I had to know
00:38:15What were these broads
00:38:21Really up to?
00:38:26I figured I had a chance now
00:38:28At improving my paycheck
00:38:31I was pretty much
00:38:38A partner
00:38:39I knew this story
00:38:43Intimately
00:38:44Wouldn't take much convincing
00:38:48I just had to figure out
00:38:51Who
00:38:52To bargain with
00:38:54Which one was
00:38:55Really in charge
00:38:57Who was the mastermind
00:39:00And what was my next step?
00:39:09The time had come
00:39:18Make a few phone calls
00:39:21I'm here
00:39:41Can you talk?
00:39:47Hello?
00:39:49Not now
00:39:50She's with me
00:39:53I understand
00:39:56I'll ask a question
00:39:59If the answer is yes
00:40:03She's coming
00:40:04A ritual
00:40:10I had to come up
00:40:14With a ritual
00:40:15Makes me feel a bit silly
00:40:21Truth be known
00:40:21A Enfin
00:40:32If it's a burial
00:40:34Then I could
00:40:35That's pass
00:40:36I'm sure
00:40:37A
00:40:38Who
00:40:39god
00:40:40Thrust
00:40:41A
00:40:41End
00:40:43To
00:40:43ゃ
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00:40:46I looked carefully at all the clichés and found the best of the best.
00:41:16After beach, fire, water, earth, air,
00:41:46and of course the book. The book was the most important part for me.
00:41:53It was my grandmother years ago. She introduced me to superstitions.
00:42:23Nothing amuses me more than superstitions.
00:42:39Take my last victim. He unplugged the television each night before bed.
00:42:51Feared evil spirits would come through the electrical wires.
00:42:58Fancy that.
00:43:06Fancy that.
00:43:15So I plugged the television back in when he went to bed.
00:43:21Hoping evil spirits would pay us a visit.
00:43:28No luck.
00:43:43I have not made the acquaintance of a single evil spirit.
00:43:50I have not made the acquaintance of a single evil spirit.
00:43:57I have not made the acquaintance of a single evil spirit.
00:44:02I have not made the acquaintance of a single evil spirit.
00:44:07I have not made the acquaintance of a single evil spirit.
00:44:11I have not made the acquaintance of a single evil spirit.
00:44:13I have not made the acquaintance of a single evil spirit.
00:44:18I have not made the acquaintance of a single evil spirit.
00:44:20I have not made the acquaintance of a single evil spirit.
00:44:25I have not made the acquaintance of a single demon?
00:44:43Not yet.
00:45:13Not yet.
00:45:43Not yet.
00:46:13Not yet.
00:46:43Not yet.
00:47:13Not yet.
00:47:43Not yet.
00:48:13They set me up.
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