To achieve this, he reveals that he had arranged for the Crusaders to come and take Balian away with them and ordered Balian's wife beheaded before burial (a customary practice in those times for people who committed suicide which would prevent them from ascending to Heaven), in an attempt to convince Balian to leave to the Holy Land. The town priest (Michael Sheen), Balian's younger and corrupt half-brother, attempts to claim Balian's property. Godfrey, asks Balian to return with him to Jerusalem. One day, a group of Crusaders arrive at the small village and one of them approaches Balian, introducing himself as his father, Baron Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson). He is also shunned by nearly all of the villagers, except for the lord of the village, the lord Bishop, and his blacksmith apprentice. One Knight returns home in search of his son."In a remote village in France in 1184, Balian (Orlando Bloom), a blacksmith and former warrior, is haunted by his wife's (Nathalie Cox) recent suicide after losing their unborn child. Peasant and lord alike flee to the Holy Land in search of fortune or salvation. Europe suffers in the grip of repression and poverty. As the film begins, a title card opens the story, detailing its setting and historical backgrounds:"It is almost one hundred years since Christian armies from Europe seized Jerusalem.
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