Very briefly The investigation into the murder of a Louvre worker reveals many mysteries related to Mary Magdalene.
At the Louvre late in the evening, the curator Jacques Saunière is murdered, whose body is disfigured by strange signs. The police believe that the victim so slashed himself. His killer, Siles, calls a certain Teacher and reports that the four people who told him the same information before they died have been removed. A certain brotherhood has created a cornerstone on which it is encrypted with signs where the secret of this brotherhood is kept. All four of those killed testified that the map was in the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris. The teacher demands to get this card urgently.
The police turn to Robert Langdon, professor of religious symbolism at Harvard University, for help. Having never known Langdon before, Saunière made an appointment for the professor who had arrived in Paris the day before.
The Bishop of Aringaros, the father-chairman of the Opus Dei brotherhood, flies from New York to Rome. Recently, a special group has been watching the brotherhood, as some of its members have been seen in unseemly acts, but the brotherhood is under the auspices of the Vatican. Recently some members of the fraternity have been attacked. Aringarosa receives word that Siles has found the keystone.
Langdon is brought to the Louvre for the crime scene. According to the police, Saunière was in his office when he was attacked. He ran into the gallery and set off the alarm, ripping a painting off the wall. The entrance to the gallery was blocked by a lowered grate, and the killer shot at the curator through it. Saunière crawled quite a distance and died. The police found him naked, lying on his back with his arms and legs outstretched. In the center of the abdomen was drawn a five-pointed star - a pentacle. In the darkness, purple letters and numbers were visible next to the corpse. The killer disappeared without a trace.
The sister of the Saint-Sulpice church, Sandrine, meets the representative of Opus Dei who has arrived in Paris.
Trying to decipher what was written, Langdon comes to the conclusion that Saunière copied the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci "The Vitruvian Man" with his pose.
The investigating captain, Bezu Fache, passes the pictures with signs to the cryptography department, and the cryptographer Sophie Neve from the judicial police arrives at the crime scene. She informs Langdon that he is in danger.
Aringarosa meets with Siles, whose life he once saved, and with the Master.
Sophie informs Fache that the set of numbers is the Fibbonacci sequence. Seizing the moment, she meets alone with Langdon and tells him that he is the first suspect in the murder, so a special tracking beacon was planted in his pocket. In addition to the secret signs written near the body, there was an inscription that Fache erased: Saunière asked to find Langdon. The inscription was not intended for the police, but for her, since she is Saunière's granddaughter.
Sophie was orphaned at the age of four. Her parents, grandmother and younger brother died in a car accident, and the girl was raised by her grandfather. Ten years ago, returning home without warning, she found her grandfather in the company of strange people worshiping some object and performing strange rites. Sophie broke up with him. Since then, they have not seen each other, although her grandfather asked her to meet.
With Sophie's help, Langdon manages to escape the Louvre. After carefully rereading the entry, Langdon comes to the conclusion that it is an anagram of the words "Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa", and the Fibonacci sequence is a cipher.
Sophie is left alone in the Louvre. She wants to find the "Mona Lisa" and find out what kind of mysterious message her grandfather left her.
Siles comes to Saint-Sulpice. He asks Sister Sandrine to leave him alone to pray. Hidden, Sister Sandrine watches him.
Sophie arrives at the crime scene. Langdon does not run away, but returns to her. After thinking, they come to the conclusion that the symbol of a secret society that Sophie had once seen with her grandfather was encrypted in the inscription near the deceased. Examining the glass on the painting "Mona Lisa", they see the inscription in blood - one of the fundamental principles of the brotherhood.
Sophie examines another painting by Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna in the Grotto. There she finds an unusually shaped key, which she once saw with her grandfather as a child, and which should open a box with many secrets. On the key they see the address.
Langdon is arrested by a Louvre security agent, but Sophie saves him.
Silas, thinking that he is alone in the church, takes the Bible out of its hiding place to find out where the keystone is. Sister Sandrine calls the contact members of the fraternity and finds out that they have all been killed.
Sophie and Langdon escape the police. Langdon talks about the Priory of Zion, whose seal is on the key. The Templars handed over to the brotherhood important secret documents brought from Jerusalem to Europe, which dealt with the Holy Grail.
Finding nothing, Silas kills Sandrine's sister.
Aringarosa receives a large sum from the Vatican.
A Swiss bank is located at the address indicated on the key. Sophie and Langdon find the safe but don't know the account number. The president of the branch of the bank, Andre, knows that they are suspected of murder, their pictures have already been distributed by Interpol. Sophie tells him what happened. The police who followed them arrive at the bank. Berne agrees to help hide, he does not need problems on the territory of the bank, and Saunière was his friend. Langdon remembers the inscription next to the body of the deceased - this is the account number.
The safe contains a box with the symbol of the Priory of Sion on the lid. Taking the box with him, Berne takes the fugitives out of the bank unnoticed.
Siles repents to the Teacher that he did not complete the task, but he reassures him: he knows to whom Sauniere passed the information.
Inside the box is a cryptex, a cylinder with discs. The cryptex was invented by Leonardo da Vinci, but Saunière liked to carve such things out of wood. After reflecting and learning from Sophie about the rite she saw as a child, Langdon comes to the conclusion that Saunière was one of the highest members of society entrusted with the secret, and the cryptex indicates where the Grail is located. There must be three more people dedicated to the secret, apparently Sauniere felt some kind of danger if he wanted to entrust the secret to his granddaughter and him.
Hearing on the radio that Sophie and Langdon are accused of murdering another three people, Berne demands that they hand over what Saunière has entrusted him to guard. Sophie and Langdon escape, leaving Berne alone in the woods. Langdon guesses that a traitor has infiltrated the brotherhood. He decides to turn to the outstanding scientist Lew Teabing, who is studying the Holy Grail. Teabing will become interested in the critpex and will not give them up to the police.
After listening to Sophie and Langdon, Teabing shows them Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. Each of the thirteen participants in the supper has their own bowl, but the Bible and other legends believe that the Grail appeared here. Teabing believes that the Grail is not an object, but a person, and a woman, since the symbol of the feminine is a vessel. This woman is depicted in the painting, and she is Mary Magdalene.
According to various documents and ancient Dead Sea Scrolls, there was a romantic relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene, they were spouses. The blood in the Grail is the child of Jesus carried by Mary Magdalene. The Church hid this fact and declared Mary Magdalene a harlot, which was not true.
To save the child, Mary fled to France and gave birth to a girl, Sarah, there. Documents about the life of Jesus, Mary and Sarah were hidden and found by the Templars. The search for the Grail is the search for the tomb of Mary Magdalene.
The family of Jesus developed, united with the family of French kings and founded Paris.
Teabing's servant Remy informs the master that the police are looking for Langdon and Sophie. To prevent Teabing from handing them over to the authorities, Langdon shows him the cryptex. This is seen by Siles sneaking under his window. Meanwhile, the police arrive at Teabing's house.
On reflection, Teabing, Sophie and Langdon come to the conclusion that Saunière passed the secret of the brotherhood to Sophie, since everyone else who knew her was killed. The killer must be sent by the Church.
Teabing is examining the cryptex, while Langdon is in another room examining the box. In it, he finds a piece of wood with an inscription in a language unknown to him, but then Siles hits him on the back of the head. Threatening Sophie and Teabing with a gun, Siles demands to give him the cryptex. Teabing knocks the gun out of him.
The police break into Teabing's house, but Teabing, Remy, Sophie and Landox, taking Siles, manage to escape. Langdon doesn't understand how Silas could have found them.
Teabing offers to fly everyone to England on his plane. After thinking about the cryptex, the fugitives decide that they need to find the tomb of the Templars, and the encrypted word is Sophia. There is another cryptex in the cryptex along with a note saying that you need to find the grave of a knight buried by the Pope in London and take the orb there.
Upon hearing the news, Aringarosa realizes what he has gotten Siles into and decides to fly to London.
Having deceived the English police, Teabing, along with Langdon, Sophie, Remy and Siles, go to the knight's grave in the church where the Templars are buried. While Teabing is at the church with Sophie and Langdon, Remy, who works for the Master and expects to receive a large sum of money, frees Silas. Silesa breaks into the church with a gun, demanding to give him the cornerstone. Langdon threatens to break the cryptex. Remy then puts a gun to Teabing's temple, and Langdon hands over the cryptex. Remy takes Teabing away and lets Sophie go with Langdon.
Teabing's house is being searched by the police. It turns out that his servant Remy was once involved in petty theft. The police also discovered a system of listening to people.
Sophie reports Teabing's kidnapping to the police. Captain Fache is talking to her from France. He apologizes for the accusations and wants to meet with the fugitives.
Siles receives a call from the Master and asks Remy to bring him the stone to the Opus Dei residence.
At the Royal Library Research Center, Sophie and Langdon meet librarian Pamela Guettem.
Leaving Remi with Teabing tied up in the car, Siles arrives at the residence. A teacher comes to the car, whom no one has seen before. He kills Remy after taking the critpex.
Pamela studies the documents and comes to the conclusion that the knight is Isaac Newton, Great master The Priory of Sion, which was cursed by the Church. Newton was buried in Westminster Abbey by the philosopher Alexander Pop, whose name and the word "Dad" are spelled the same.
Siles is arrested at the Opus Dei residence. During his detention, he resists and accidentally wounds the Bishop of Arangaros.
Sophie and Langdon visit Newton's grave, worrying about Teabing. They are seen by the hidden Teacher. Sophie and Langdon see an inscription on a tombstone that reveals where Teabing is.
At the indicated location, they find Teabing aiming a pistol at them. This is the Teacher who organized the murder of Saunière, Sophie's family and other people so that no one would know the secret of the Grail. Teabing faked a conversation with Remy and Silas, tricking them. Now he wants to seize the secret of the cryptex.
Silas drags the wounded bishop to get help. A few months ago, it was proposed to Aringaros that Opus Dei should be released from the custody of the Vatican. When the bishop refused, a certain Teacher called him and offered to assist in the search for the sacred relic. The Bishop regrets ordering Siles to obey the Master.
Trying to outsmart each other, Teabing and Langdon figure out what the orb on the grave means - an apple. But then the police arrest Teabing.
Siles dies from his wound.
Langdon and Sophie arrive in Scotland, at the church pointed to by the last entry in the cryptex. There they meet a woman who has exactly the same box. The woman turns out to be Sophie's grandmother, who has been living under a different name for many years. Sophie's younger brother lives with her grandmother. Grandmother and brother did not go then in the car and after the incident were forced to hide.
Sophie has a family, and Langdon has to leave. They agree to meet soon in Florence.
At the time, in 2003 year, novel"The Da Vinci Code" , writtenAmerican writer Danon Brown, made a lot of noise, and all this is due to the fact that many readers took too literally what was described in the book. The fact is that both in the novel itself and in the film based on it, a version is considered that Mary Magdalene was not a harlot-sinner, as we used to hear it from childhood, supposedly in fact this woman was a wife Jesus Christ, after whose death she gave birth to a daughter - the direct heiress of the great preacher. Himself Jesus Christ is presented to us throughout this narrative as a man, not a son God's. All this information is given to us in the form of a complex puzzle, supposedly all this secret information was stored long years because the descendants Christ always in mortal danger.
Undoubtedly Dan Brown very savvy in matters of symbolism, the history of religion, cryptography, and for this reason he was able to captivate readers from all over the world with his novels. An ordinary layman was absorbed by the stream of knowledge transmitted by the writer in the form of an intellectual detective-thriller, but experienced historians smashed to smithereens all the theories put forward by Dan Brown. I advise you to watch this film, but you should not take its storyline at face value, although this story will make you think about many things!
Year: 2006
Genre: thriller, detective
Country: USA, Malta, France, UK
Producer: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany
Actors and their roles in the film "The Da Vinci Code"
American actor Tom Hanks played Robert Langdon- professor of religious symbology.
Robert Langdon never married. At the age of 9, he fell into a well and miraculously survived, after this accident, our hero began to suffer from bouts of claustrophobia.
In film "The Da Vinci Code" Professor Robert Langdon is a suspect in the murder of the curator Louvre, and he has to not only prove his innocence, but also solve the most difficult intellectual puzzle in order to understand what it really is holy grail, and how its discovery will help humanity rethink the seemingly indestructible creeds of the Christian faith.
Filmography Tom Hanks is very extensive, many people know this actor, and I will name only some of the films in which he played the main role - these are, in my opinion, the most popular films. So, first of all, it is worth noting the film "Forrest Gump", where Tom Hanks masterfully portrayed a dull, but very sincere, warm-hearted guy. The second one I would mention is the movie. "Outcast", in him Tom Hanks played Robinson Crusoe of our days and the third I will name the well-known film "Green Mile".
Audrey Tautou played Sophie Neveu- an employee of the cryptology department of the police. Sophie helps the professor Robert Langdon look for the solution to the mystery holy grail. Killed servant Louvre is the grandfather of this girl, before his death, he managed to encrypt a certain message, which Robert and Sophie no matter what, they must figure it out.
When Sophie Neuve was still just a child, her parents died in a car accident, her grandfather was engaged in raising the girl Jacques Sauniere, who doted on his granddaughter, called her a princess, taught her to solve all kinds of puzzles and puzzles. When Sophie grew up, she decided to study code breaking at the university. Once a young student arrived home earlier than her grandfather expected her and finds him doing an obscene activity, all the actions of his grandfather and his guests looked like some kind of sexual pagan rite. Sophie was so shocked by what she saw that for 10 years, that is, until her death, she Jacques Saunière didn't talk to him. Although her grandfather wrote letters to her every week, he was looking for meetings and in every possible way wanted to return their former warm relations.
During the passage of all stages of the puzzle, it becomes clear that Sophie Neveu descendant of Jesus Christ.
Audrey Tautou- French actress 1976 year of birth, at the time of filming "The Da Vinci Code" she was 30 years old, the same age as her book heroine.
Audrey Tautou made famous by the movie "Amelie", if you have never seen this film, then I recommend you to watch it, because it occupies 182 place in TOP-250.
AT 2009 year Audrey Tautou played in the movie "Coco Chanel" the main character.
English actor Paul Bettany played an albino monk named Silas. The murderous monk was a member of a Catholic sect called "Opus Dei". Silas wore chains - in this case it was a spiked chain that dug into the albino's thigh. Thus this poor fellow punished himself, subdued his flesh and suffered for Christ. In addition to torture with chains Silas subjected himself to self-flagellation. This guy had a difficult childhood, his father considered him defective due to albinism. A drunken father often beat his wife and son, and one day Silas could not stand the bullying, he plunged a knife into his sleeping father. Many difficult trials befell the albino, others avoided him and even began to call him a ghost. One day Silas even ended up in prison, from which he was able to get out only due to the fact that the earthquake that had begun destroyed the walls of his cell. Exhausted from hunger and thirst Silas picked up by the priest Aringarosa, he left the unfortunate, and when this martyr got stronger, he wanted to become a faithful servant and assistant to his savior. blind faith in God led Silos to the fact that he became a cold-blooded killer, taking life "for the good" of great goals.
Paul Bettany known to many for the thriller "Dogville" where he played with Nicole Kidman. Paul Bettany married to a beautiful actress Jennifer Connelly The couple has two children together.
French actor Jean Reno starred as a police captain Bezu Fasha.
In film "The Da Vinci Code" Fache haunts Robert Langdon, as he suspects the professor of murder, but when the captain finds out the truth, he drops all charges against the main character.
In the book Bezu Fache knows from the start that Oberth Langdon not guilty, but is hunting him in order to divert the attention of the real criminal.
Jean Reno best known for starring in the film "Leon", where he played a 45-year-old hitman with whom a teenage girl is in love. In general, this charming French actor has more than 80 various roles, and his face is familiar to almost everyone who watches TV.
British actor Ian McKellen played Lee Teabing- the main villain of the film "The Da Vinci Code".
Teabing pretended to be a friend Roberta Langdon many years. This mad scientist devoted his whole life to studying the mystery holy grail, and when he had the opportunity to discover the secret and get answers to all the questions that had tormented thinkers for centuries, this old man was ready to kill everyone who decided to get in his way. Lee Teabing called himself a teacher, none of the members of his gang saw his face, only remaining incognito this villain increased his chances of winning. Lee Teabing as a child, he had polio, which left him crippled and moved with the help of crutches, but this uncle was insanely rich, so he could afford to have a private plane and real estate throughout Europe, and therefore the opportunity to devote his whole life to his favorite business.
Ian McKellen does not hide the fact that he is openly gay. And this actor is known to many as a magician. Gandalf in the film series "Lord of the Rings".
Plot, summary, description, meaning of the film "The Da Vinci Code"
Robert Langdon came from USA in France in order to give a course of lectures on symbolism, at this time in Louvre the curator is attacked Jacques Saunière.
Before his death, the unfortunate man managed to leave some extremely mysterious message, for this he took off all his clothes, lay down on the floor in the pose of a Vitruvian man, and drew a symbol in the form of blood on his chest five pointed star, MoreoverJacques Sauniereleft a whole puzzle that should have been solved by him granddaughter Sophie Neveuand professor Robert Langdon.
The curator was killed by an albino monk, because he wanted to know where he was hidden holy grail, Jacques Sauniere he could not tell the murderer this secret, but he did not have the task of taking it to the grave either.
Robert Langdon becomes the prime suspect Saunière wrote his name on the floor, the curator wanted the police to find the professor, and even then this specialist in symbolism could solve all the puzzles, but for the police everything is simple - the victim writes someone's name next to him before dying - and it can only belong to killer.
The granddaughter is also involved in the investigation. Jacques Saunière – Sophie Neveu, this girl has not spoken to her grandfather for 10 years, and all this is due to the fact that the poor thing became an unwitting witness to how her grandfather performs a certain sexual ritual in front of a secret society.
Sophie Neveu helps Robert Langdonescape the scene of the crime, but first, this couple has time to examine the paintingsLeonardo da Vinciand find behind one of them the keys to the safe deposit box, where the cryptex with secret information is stored.
Kryptex is such a puzzle, if you choose the right key to it, it will open, but if you try to crack this structure, it will self-destruct all the information inside it. Leonardo da Vinci invented the first cryptexes, and Sophie Neveu I've been playing with these toys since childhood. One cryptex they with Robert opened, but inside was another one, this time more difficult to solve. Robert and Sophie go to Lee Teabingu- a scientist who devoted his whole life to the search for holy grail. During brainstorming Robert and Sophie understand that the speech is in the mysterious message of the deceased Jacques Saunière it's about Holy Grail.
Teabing tells Sophie what is this holy grail, the girl learns from the scientist that this is not at all the cup from which all the students sippedJesus Christthe night before the betrayalJude. holy grail- it's sacred feminine, womb, womb, in which life is born, in this case it is understood thatMaria Magdalena was a wife Jesus Christand bore him a daughter. Now scientists must find all the documents relating to this issue, as well as a sarcophagus with a burialMary Magdalene. To Sophiebelieved that theJesus was a wife Teabingshows her a pictureLeonardo da Vinci "The Last Supper", on which she clearly sees that next tosavior a woman is sitting.
And here the question arises - since evidence of this crazy theory is about to be found - should we tell the world about this discovery or remain silent? Curator Louvre Saunière it turns out he was one of the main keepers of the secret and he was against the disclosure of information, but the crazy obsessed Grail Lee Teabing insists that the people should know the truth. Sophie and Robert they fear that if people find out the truth, then the authority of the church will fall, and this will entail a lot of consequences: new religious wars and not only in the Christian world.
In general, throughout the film Sophie and Langdon solve all kinds of puzzles, at the same time they are pursued by an albino monk, the police are on their tail, then Teabing reveals his true identity to them. Eventually Robert solves all the secrets, but decides not to disclose them, they will remain only his and Sophie property. He found where the sarcophagus rests, and now, if Sophie if she wishes, she can compare her DNA and the genetic material of the woman buried in the burial. After all Sophie Neveu turned out to be the crown princess - a descendant of Jesus Christ. But this girl did the right thing - she decided not to fight for power and not to declare her relationship with Jesus Christ. Well, how? Though he was a great man or son of God, but his descendants are just people, they are unlikely to have any superiority over other people. Just be pure in heart and soul, if you have enough wisdom - lead the people behind you, calling them to a righteous life, and no matter what blood flows in your veins, you can always be the first.
insane Lee Teabing put behind bars, because it was he who turned out to be the same person, because of whom four keepers of the secret were killed Mary Magdalene. Exactly Teabing hired a faith-obsessed albino.
Basically, I'm in in general terms described the events of this film, although everything is much more complicated there, and the intrigue is undoubtedly present. So, if you are interested in this kind of detectives, just search the net and watch the movie "The Da Vinci Code".
The film "Angels and Demons" - this thriller will not leave you indifferent
Sion is a secret European society founded in 1099, a real organization.
In 1975, handwritten scrolls known as the "Secret Files" were found in the Paris National Library, revealing the names of many members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo and Leonardo da Vinci.
The personal prelature of the Vatican, known as the "Opus Dei", is a Catholic sect that professes deep piety. Infamous for her brainwashing, violence, and dangerous "mortification" rituals. The Opus Dei cult has just completed the $47 million construction of its New York headquarters at 243 Lexington Avenue.
The book provides accurate descriptions of works of art, architecture, documents and secret rituals.
Paris, Louvre 21.46
The famous curator Jacques Sauniere staggered under the vaulted arch of the Grand Gallery and rushed to the first painting that caught his eye, the canvas of Caravaggio. He grabbed the gilded frame with both hands and began to pull it towards himself until the masterpiece fell off the wall and collapsed on the seventy-year-old old man Saunière, burying him under him.
As Saunière had predicted, a metal grating came down with a roar, blocking access to this hall. The parquet floor shook. Somewhere in the distance, an alarm siren blared.
For several seconds the curator lay motionless, gasping for air and trying to figure out what light he was in. I am still alive. Then he crawled out from under the canvas and began to frantically look around in search of a place where he could hide.
- Do not move.
The curator, who was on all fours, went cold, then slowly turned around.
Only fifteen feet away, behind bars, stood the imposing and formidable figure of his pursuer. Tall, broad-shouldered, with pale skin and sparse white hair. The whites of the eyes are pink, and the pupils are a menacing dark red. The albino took a pistol out of his pocket, thrust the long barrel through the hole between the iron bars, and aimed at the curator.
"You mustn't run," he said in a hard-to-detect accent. “Now tell me, where is it?”
“But I already told you,” the curator stammered, still on all fours helplessly. “I have no idea what you're talking about.
- Lie! The man was motionless and looked at him with the unblinking gaze of terrible eyes, in which red sparks gleamed. “You and your brothers have something that does not belong to you.
The Curator winced. How can he know?
– And today this item will find its true owners. So tell me where he is and stay alive. - The man lowered the barrel a little lower, now it was aimed directly at the handler's head. "Or is it a secret you're willing to die for?"
Sauniere held his breath.
The man tilted his head slightly and took aim.
Saunière raised his hands helplessly.
“Wait,” he muttered. - I'll tell you everything I know. And the curator spoke, choosing his words carefully. This lie he had rehearsed many times, and each time he prayed that he would not have to resort to it.
When he finished, his pursuer smiled smugly.
- Yes. That is what others have told me.
Other? Saunière was mentally surprised.
“I found them too,” said the albino. - All three. And they confirmed what you just said.
That cannot be! For the true identity of the curator and the identity of his three sénéchaux were as sacred and inviolable as the ancient secret they held. But then Sauniere guessed: three of his senechaux, faithful to their duty, told the same legend before their death as he did. That was part of the plan.
The man took aim again.
“So when you die, I'll be the only person in the world who knows the truth.
Truth!.. The curator instantly caught the terrible meaning of this word, the whole horror of the situation became clear to him. If I die, no one will ever know the truth. And he, driven by the instinct of self-preservation, tried to find shelter.
A shot rang out, the curator limply sank to the floor. The bullet hit him in the stomach. He tried to crawl ... with difficulty overcoming the terrible pain. Slowly he raised his head and peered through the bars at his killer.
Now he was aiming for his head.
Sauniere closed his eyes, fear and regret tormented him.
The click of a blank shot echoed down the corridor.
Sauniere opened his eyes.
The albino looked at his weapon with mocking bewilderment. I wanted to reload it, then, apparently, changed my mind, pointed to Saunière's stomach with a grin:
- I did my job.
The curator lowered his eyes and saw a bullet hole on a white linen shirt. It was framed in a red ring of blood and was several inches below the sternum. Stomach! A cruel miss: the bullet hit not in the heart, but in the stomach. The curator was a veteran of the Algerian war and had seen many painful deaths. He will live another fifteen minutes, and the acids from the stomach, seeping into chest cavity, will slowly poison him.
“Pain, you know, it’s good, monsieur,” said the albino.
Left alone, Jacques Sauniere glanced at the iron bars. He was trapped, the doors wouldn't open for another twenty minutes. And by the time someone arrives to help, he will already be dead. But it was not his own death that frightened him at the moment.
I must convey the secret.
Trying to get to his feet, he saw before him the faces of his three murdered brothers. He remembered the generations of other brothers, the mission they carried out, carefully passing the secret to their descendants.
An unbreakable chain of knowledge.
And now, despite all the precautions... despite all the tricks, he, Jacques Sauniere, remained the only link in this chain, the only keeper of the secret.
Trembling, he finally stood up.
I have to find some way...
He was locked in the Grand Gallery, and there was only one person in the world to whom the torch of knowledge could be passed. Sauniere looked at the walls of his luxurious dungeon. They were adorned with a collection of world-famous paintings, they seemed to be looking down at him, smiling like old friends.
Grimacing in pain, he called for help with all his strength and skill. The task ahead of him will require concentration and take away all the seconds of his life allotted to the last.
Robert Langdon did not wake up immediately.
Somewhere in the darkness, a telephone rang. But the call sounded unusually sharp, piercing. He fumbled on the bedside table and switched on the night lamp. He squinted at the furnishings: a velvet-lined Renaissance bedroom, Louis XVI furniture, frescoed walls. self made, a huge canopy mahogany bed.
Where the hell am I?
On the back of the chair hung a jacquard robe with the monogram HOTEL RITZ, PARIS.
The fog in my head began to gradually dissipate.
Langdon picked up the phone.
Squinting, Langdon glanced at the desk clock. They showed 12.32 at night. He slept for only an hour and was barely alive from fatigue.
- It's the porter, monsieur. Sorry to disturb you, but you have a visitor. He says he has urgent business.
Langdon was still confused. Visitor? His eyes fell on a crumpled piece of paper on the bedside table. It was a small poster.
Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" is very popular. Its total circulation is more than eighty million copies, it has been translated into more than forty languages. This novel perfectly combines religion, art, mysticism, secret orders, symbolism and extraordinary high intelligence. The riddles and mysteries that this book touches on have worried society for many years, which caused such interest in the work. In addition, the events of the novel take place rapidly, you barely have time to follow the characters, it captivates you so much that you forget about reality.
Professor of religious symbolism Robert Langdon teaches at Harvard, he has to go to Europe to tell people about symbolism in Catholicism. But he finds himself at the very center of the crime. At the Louvre, the caretaker Jacques Saunière, who is a longtime friend of Langdon, was killed. The police suspect the professor himself of the murder, because his name was written in blood near the corpse. Then Langdon decides to conduct his own investigation to prove his innocence in this case. Everything turns out to be much more complicated, this is not an ordinary murder at all.
The professor is assisted by the murdered Sophie's granddaughter. Grandfather from childhood instilled in her a love of intellectual riddles. The key to unraveling death is the work of Leonardo Da Vinci. It turns out that Jacques was an influential person in one secret society, which stores the legacy of the Knights Templar and information about the location of the Holy Grail, which scientists, including Langdon himself, have been trying to find for many years.
Solving the mystery of Jacques' death and escaping from the police is not all that awaits the professor and Sophie. They are already followed by a religious fanatic who wants to interfere with Langdon in every way in order to keep the secret that has been hidden for so many years...
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The Da Vinci Code
And again dedicated to Blythe ... Even more than ever
Dan Brown was born in 1965 in New Hampshire (USA), his father was a professor of mathematics, and his mother was a professional musician. He graduated from Philips-Exeter Academy and Amherst College, then moved to California where he began his career as a songwriter, musician and performer, releasing several CDs of his recordings. In 1993, Dan Brown returned to New Hampshire and began teaching English language at Amherst College. In 1995, he and his wife published 187 Men to Stay Away from: A Guide for Romantically Frustrated Women. In 1998, the writer, who has always been interested in philosophy, religious history, cryptography and secret organizations, published his first thriller novel, Digital Fortress. His further works were also created at the “junction of genres”: in 2000, the intellectual conspiracy detective Angels and Demons saw the light, and in 2001 the thriller Deception Point was released. In 2003, the adventures of Professor Robert Langdon from "Angels and Demons" were continued by the novel "The Da Vinci Code" - on the first day after publication it was sold in the amount of 6 thousand copies, and the total world circulation of Dan Brown's bestsellers, translated into 40 languages, approaching 8 million copies. The writer is also engaged in journalism, regularly publishes in Newsweek, TIME, Forbes, People, GQ, The New Yorker, and appears on various popular radio and television programs.
The Priory of Sion is a secret European society founded in 1099, a real organization. In 1975, handwritten scrolls known as the "Secret Files" were found in the Paris National Library, revealing the names of many members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo and Leonardo da Vinci.
The personal prelature of the Vatican, known as the "Opus Dei", is a Catholic sect that professes deep piety. Infamous for her brainwashing, violence, and dangerous "mortification" rituals. The Opus Dei cult has just completed the $47 million construction of its New York headquarters at 243 Lexington Avenue.
The book provides accurate descriptions of works of art, architecture, documents and secret rituals.
Paris, Louvre 21.46
The famous curator Jacques Sauniere staggered under the vaulted arch of the Grand Gallery and rushed to the first painting that caught his eye, the canvas of Caravaggio. He grabbed the gilded frame with both hands and began to pull it towards himself until the masterpiece fell off the wall and collapsed on the seventy-year-old old man Saunière, burying him under him.
As Saunière had predicted, a metal grating came down with a roar, blocking access to this hall. The parquet floor shook. Somewhere in the distance, an alarm siren blared.
For several seconds the curator lay motionless, gasping for air and trying to figure out what light he was in. I am still alive. Then he crawled out from under the canvas and began to frantically look around in search of a place where he could hide.
- Do not move.
The curator, who was on all fours, went cold, then slowly turned around.
Only fifteen feet away, behind bars, stood the imposing and formidable figure of his pursuer. Tall, broad-shouldered, with pale skin and sparse white hair. The whites of the eyes are pink, and the pupils are a menacing dark red. The albino took a pistol out of his pocket, thrust the long barrel through the hole between the iron bars, and aimed at the curator. "You mustn't run," he said in a hard-to-detect accent. “Now tell me, where is it?”
“But I already told you,” the curator stammered, still on all fours helplessly. “I have no idea what you're talking about.
- Lie! The man was motionless and looked at him with the unblinking gaze of terrible eyes, in which red sparks gleamed. “You and your brothers have something that does not belong to you.
The Curator winced. How can he know?
– And today this item will find its true owners. So tell me where he is and stay alive. - The man lowered the barrel a little lower, now it was aimed directly at the handler's head. "Or is it a secret you're willing to die for?"
Sauniere held his breath.
The man tilted his head slightly and took aim.
Saunière raised his hands helplessly.
“Wait,” he muttered. - I'll tell you everything I know. And the curator spoke, choosing his words carefully. This lie he had rehearsed many times, and each time he prayed that he would not have to resort to it.
When he finished, his pursuer smiled smugly.
- Yes. That is what others have told me. Other? Saunière was mentally surprised.
“I found them too,” said the albino. - All three. And they confirmed what you just said.
That cannot be! For the true identity of the curator and the identity of his three senechaux were as sacred and inviolable as the ancient secret they held. But then Sauniere guessed: three of his senechaux, faithful to their duty, told the same legend before their death as he did. That was part of the plan.
The man took aim again.
“So when you die, I'll be the only person in the world who knows the truth.
Truth!.. The curator instantly caught the terrible meaning of this word, the whole horror of the situation became clear to him. If I die, no one will ever know the truth. And he, driven by the instinct of self-preservation, tried to find shelter.
A shot rang out, the curator limply sank to the floor. The bullet hit him in the stomach. He tried to crawl ... with difficulty overcoming the terrible pain. Slowly he raised his head and peered through the bars at his killer.
Now he was aiming for his head.
Sauniere closed his eyes, fear and regret tormented him.
The click of a blank shot echoed down the corridor.
Sauniere opened his eyes.
The albino looked at his weapon with mocking bewilderment. I wanted to reload it, then, apparently, changed my mind, pointed to Saunière's stomach with a grin:
- I did my job.
The curator lowered his eyes and saw a bullet hole on a white linen shirt. It was framed in a red ring of blood and was several inches below the sternum. Stomach! A cruel miss: the bullet hit not in the heart, but in the stomach. The curator was a veteran of the Algerian war and had seen many painful deaths. He will live another fifteen minutes, and the acids from the stomach, seeping into the chest cavity, will slowly poison him.
“Pain, you know, it’s good, monsieur,” said the albino. And left.
Left alone, Jacques Sauniere glanced at the iron bars. He was trapped, the doors wouldn't open for another twenty minutes. And by the time someone arrives to help, he will already be dead. But it was not his own death that frightened him at the moment.
I must convey the secret.
Trying to get to his feet, he saw before him the faces of his three murdered brothers. He remembered the generations of other brothers, the mission they carried out, carefully passing the secret to their descendants.
An unbreakable chain of knowledge.
And now, despite all the precautions... despite all the tricks, he, Jacques Sauniere, remained the only link in this chain, the only keeper of the secret.
Trembling, he finally stood up.
I have to find some way... He was locked in the Grand Gallery, and there was only one person in the world to whom the torch of knowledge could be passed. Sauniere looked at the walls of his luxurious dungeon. They were adorned with a collection of world-famous paintings, they seemed to be looking down at him, smiling like old friends.
Grimacing in pain, he called for help with all his strength and skill. The task ahead of him will require concentration and take away all the seconds of his life allotted to the last.
Robert Langdon did not wake up immediately.
Somewhere in the darkness, a telephone rang. But the call sounded unusually sharp, piercing. He fumbled on the bedside table and switched on the night lamp. He squinted at the furnishings: a velvet-lined Renaissance bedroom, Louis XVI furniture, hand-painted frescoed walls, a huge mahogany four-poster bed. Where the hell am I?
On the back of the chair hung a jacquard robe with the monogram HOTEL RITZ, PARIS.
