History Film / Ladyhawke

* TokenGoodCop: Since the disgrace and exile of Captain Ettiene Navarre, the Bishop of Aquila's guards have become quite nasty in their enforcement of the laws. When Navarre returns, one of the guards who previously served under him won’t fight him and respectfully addresses Navarre as if he is still Captain. This promptly gets the guard killed by Marquet the new Captain , after which the other guards, even the ones who knew Navarre, oppose him more sternly for the rest of the film, [[spoiler:[[DownplayedTrope until the climax, when a large group of their remaining number let him pass for his confrontation with Marquet and the Bishop.]]]]

A 1985 fantasy/adventure film directed by Creator/RichardDonner, with a cast featuring both a number of veteran actors (such as John Wood, Creator/RutgerHauer, and Creator/LeoMcKern) and young actors who would go on to become household names (Creator/MatthewBroderick and Creator/MichellePfeiffer).

* {{Curse}}: The two StarCrossedLovers were cursed to be never together and never apart. They are always tantalizingly close to the one they love, but they can't both be human at the same time.

* DownerEnding: In-universe: when the "day without a night" doesn't seem to have happened according to Imperius' prediction, Navarre muses to him that perhaps God intended all along for Navarre and Isabeau to die without breaking the curse (and presumably reunite in heaven.) [[spoiler:The ''actual'' story is a SurprisinglyHappyEnding]].

* ReligiousBruiser: Navarre fervently believes in God, in stark contrast to the hypocrisy of the Bishop and Marquet. He believes Philippe's escape was a sign that he has a chance to end the curse--by having Philippe letting him into Aquila so he can fight his way to the Bishop and kill him.

* TranquilFury: When Navarre goes after the bishop in the final, he just calmly and methodically cuts down every guard on his path, without any emotion or remorse, [[TheSlowWalk just walking forward]], and yet being fuelled by pure rage.

* TheAlcatraz: The prison Philippe was sent to. It's supposed to be inescapable, you know.
* TheAlcoholic: Imperius drinks. A lot. He blames himself for the Bishop finding out about Navarre and Isabeau, thinking he must have let the secret slip during one of his benders.

* AnnoyingArrows: Played with. Arrow injuries are deadly when [[spoiler: Isabeau is shot in hawk form and still injured in human]] but Navarre just shrugs off one arrow because he's wearing armor.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Imperius is described as a monk, but his background reveals he used to take confessions. In real life, a monk has not taken Holy Orders and thus cannot take confessions - he would need to be a priest to be able to hear confession and give absolution. Of course, it is possible to be both a monk and a priest, but you would be more likely to refer to yourself as a priest in the same way that someone with credentials as both a paralegal and a lawyer would probably not mention the paralegal part. However, this might be intentional, as Imperius is revealed to have become TheAtoner for committing the crime of betraying secrets of the confessional [[spoiler:(or so he thinks)]] - which hints he was previously a priest and renounced his vows and became a monk to repent, as it was done in the time and setting.

* TheAtoner: Imperius, the monk who helps Navarre and Isabeau. He feels responsible for their curse because he accidentally revealed their love to the Bishop. [[spoiler: He didn't, it's just he believes he did.]]

* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler: How the Bishop ultimately meets his end - after trying to kill Isabeau with his crosier, he ends up pinned by Navarre's longsword, ''[[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks thrown]]'' at him]].

** Marquet, who replaced Navarre as the Captain of the Guards, throws one of his underlings on Navarre's sword and gets him killed just for addressing Navarre as "captain".

* BadassInDistress: Navarre is surprisingly vulnerable in wolf form, having nearly fallen prey to a hunter, nearly drowned in an icy lake after falling through thin ice, and was nearly stabbed by a random guard for fun.
* BadassPreacher: Imperius is technically a ''monk'', not a priest, but he's still a formidable man of God.
* {{BFS}}: Navarre's sword is a Zweihander.

* BloodstainedGlassWindows: [[spoiler: The climax takes place in a gothic cathedral, with the bishop celebrating the mass. Navarre ''rides in on horseback'', cutting down the guards like grass. Then Marquet faces him, also on horseback]].

* ChekhovsSkill: Navarre scares Philippe into helping him by throwing his sword with such force that it sticks to a tree. [[spoiler: This is how he slays the Bishop when the Bishop is about to kill Isabeau in his breakdown]].

* CombatPragmatist: Navarre doesn't mind kicking and punching during a swordfight, just like throwing knives or opening a skirmish with a crossbow bolt to thin the crowd.
* CoolHelmet: So cool, [[{{Manga/Berserk}} Guts had to get one for himself]]!

* CurseEscapeClause: A [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot "night without a day"]] allows Navarre and Isabeau to meet each other in human form in sight of the Bishop, dispelling the curse.

* DealWithTheDevil: The Bishop asked the Devil to curse the lovers.
* DeathGlare: Isabeau gives an epic one to Bishop [[spoiler: after being cured, showing him the hawk jesses and letting them drop before him.]]

* TheDragon: Marquet, the Captain of the Guard, for the Bishop.
* TheDreaded: Imperious describes the Bishop as "an evil man, a powerful man, hated and feared; rejected even by Rome itself."
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: A rather twisted version, as [[spoiler: the Bishop dies with Isabeau's name on his lips.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Bishop's real name is never revealed, and he is simply referred to as "the Bishop".
* EvilPlan: The Bishop seeks to capture Isabeau.
* FadeToBlack: The final scene has an interesting case of it -- the scene gradually gets darker, until [[spoiler: only Navarre and Isabeau are in the middle of the now completely dark cathedral, with a beam of light coming through the broken window on them]]... and then it fades to black too.

* {{Flynning}}: The sword technique is rough around the edges, featuring big windups, wide misses, and loud clanging. Despite this, it is high quality by eighties standards, especially with energetic grappling and some neat moves that stand out. For example, at the end where [[spoiler: Navarre rolls towards Marquet to avoid the ''coup de grace'', immediately rolls back on top of the blade to strip it from his enemy's grasp, and then uses it to inflict inertial impalement]]. This was deliberate, depicting the fighting as more realistic, brutish and forceful.

* GreenEyedMonster: The spurned Bishop turned to the infernal to spite Isabeau and Navarre. [[spoiler: And when even that failed, he tried to kill the object of his affection so no other man could have her]]. Even Navarre has moments where he almost seems to ''hate'' Philippe for the time he gets to spend with Isabeau. (Philippe is able to defuse it by saying she only talked about Navarre.)

* [[VillainExitStageLeft Hero Exit Stage Left]]: An inversion of the normal trope. [[spoiler: After the curse is broken, Imperius and Mouse try to slip out without being seen. Navarre doesn't let them.]]

* HeWentThatWay: Zig-zagged. Philippe directs the guards after Navarre knowing they will expect him to lie. It works at first until one of them figures it out.

** [[spoiler: Marquet, who pushed one of his own men onto Navarre's sword for greeting Navarre as 'Captain', ultimately dies by falling onto Navarre's sword.]]

* HomeFieldAdvantage: Imperius is living in a ruin of a keep. Despite being a fat, old monk, he still manages to easily get the better of anyone trying to barge into his home. He also lectures Mouse early on to only step on the left side of a bridge but doesn't explain why. [[spoiler: When the Bishop's men storm the place, one of them starts across the bridge only to fall through, as the boards are rotting and the bridge is only solid along its left side]].
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler: The ending, for the Bishop. His trusted Captain of the Guard is killed, the curse is broken and Isabeau personally comes to mock him. Everyone knows now what he did. Then he gets killed. In the book, he's turned into an old wolf]].
* HunterTrapper: The wolf hunter Cesare is a legitimate huntsman on Bishop's payroll.

* IfICantHaveYou: "...then no man shall!" Thus the hawk curse. [[spoiler: And when the curse is broken, the Bishop repeats his words when he tries to kill Isabeau]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The ending. [[spoiler: Twice. First Marquet runs onto Navarre's blade while trying to kill him, then Navarre impales the Bishop by throwing his sword like a javelin]].

* IntellectualAnimal: Averted. Navarre and Isabeau are an actual wolf and an actual hawk respectively when transformed, not a man and a woman in animal bodies. While they seem to have ''some'' awareness of each other, they don't have human minds [[AlternateIdentityAmnesia nor do they remember as humans what they did as animals]].

* IWillFindYou: Etienne Navarre: "And know this -- if you fail, I will follow you the length of my days. And I ''will'' find you."
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: The Bishop is killed in the process of trying to stab Isabeau in the back.]]

* LivingMacGuffin: The bishop really wants Isabeau.

* MementoMacGuffin: Early in the film, Navarre is shown to have a grey/violet dress in his saddlebags. It's Isabeau's [[spoiler: and when they finally meet and the curse is broken, she is wearing it.]]

* TheMiddleAges: The location and time period; medieval France.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: According to Imperius's description of the curse, neither Navarre nor Isabeau is aware of their human selves while in animal form; Navarre, in particular, is quite vicious. However, even in animal form, each of the pair is quick to attack anyone who threatens the other, though there are hints their animal forms are having some influence on their personalities. Navarre is impatient and quick to violence, while even [[ProperLady Isabeau]] has a moment where she chases a rabbit as if she could capture it with her bare hands.

* MyOwnPrivateIDo: Navarre and Isabeau confessed to Imperius that they had taken "secret vows," implying that they had eloped to avoid the wrath of the Bishop. [[spoiler: They presumably went on to have an official wedding after the end of the film.]]

* NoManOfWomanBorn: The transformation curse may not be broken until there is "a day without a night; a night without a day". [[spoiler: As it turns out, [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot the lovers meet during a solar eclipse.]]]]
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Isabeau in hawk form.

* NonActionBigBad: The Bishop spends the entire movie walking around Aquila doing routine work associated with being a Bishop. The threat he presents to the protagonists stems from his sending Stefan and Marquet after them while he goes about his daily business.

* NotSoStoic: Navarre is composed for most of the movie, but when the curse is broken, and he confronts the Bishop, he can barely contain his rage and relief.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: A weird variation. When Philippe stretches and yawns, the hawk lands on ''his'' arm, not Navarre's. The former is embarrassed and the latter is in shock.
* {{Novelization}}: A novel was published based on the film, which included screenshots from the film illustrating scenes and an alternate ending where, once the curse is broken, [[spoiler: the Bishop is turned into a wolf as punishment.]]
* OhCrap: The Bishop remains calm and stoic even when Navarre confronts him, knowing he can't be killed or the curse will be impossible to break. When Navarre explains to him that Isabeau is dead and his insurance is useless, his face turns chalk-white within seconds. [[spoiler: When he sees Isabeau herself, alive and well, behind Navarre, he seems close to fainting]].

* PetTheDog: Marquet had demoted one of his officers for telling him Navarre was back. When he actually sees Navarre, he asks for the man's forgiveness and gives him his rank back.

* PropheciesAreAlwaysRight: According to Imperius, God told him that the curse will be broken when there is "day without a night, and night without a day" -- which is to say, [[spoiler: a solar eclipse]].

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Imperius didn't betray the lovers. Marquet did -- to replace Navarre as the Captain of the Guard.]]

* SceneryPorn: The movie has some beautiful shots at times.

* SecretStabWound: Philippe hides from Navarre the fact [[spoiler: that he mauled him while he was in wolf form]].

* SilkHidingSteel: Isabeau is entirely a lady, but ''don't'' mess with the man she loves.

* SupportingProtagonist: Philippe may be the protagonist, but the story centers around Navarre and Isabeau.

* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: [[spoiler: The "[[CurseEscapeClause night without a day]]" that will cause the curse to temporarily fail is a solar eclipse, allowing Isabeau and Navarre to finally meet. Meeting in front of the bishop causes the curse to break completely.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: The Bishop has one during the climax. [[spoiler: After the curse is broken, he furiously tries to kill Isabeau with his spiked crosier.]]
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: While Navarre has no issues killing the guards when he must, when possible, he tries to avoid doing so. In one case, he actually mourns the death of one, Francesco, after Captain Marquet shoved said guard onto Navarre's sword, for calling him "Captain Navarre". Justifiable in that Navarre was once their Captain, and there is still some bond between him and the men left.
* WhatTheHellHero: At one point, Navarre flips out at Philippe [[spoiler: for supposedly losing his sword]]. He gets called out first by Mouse, who tells him he's being selfish with his fixation on revenge, but he doesn't really snap out of it until [[spoiler: he sees the cuts all over Philippe's chest -- which he inflicted, in wolf form, when Philippe saved his life.]]
* WhenSheSmiles: Isabeau looks very good with her bright, amused grin while dancing with Phillipe in the barn and [[spoiler: reuniting with Navarre.]]

* RuleOfCool: The armour and especially the helmet worn by Navarre look great, but would be highly impractical.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Philippe tries to simply walk away on a few occasions. It never sticks, and by the climax of the film he is a willing ally to Navarre and Isabeau.

* SinisterMinister: The Bishop is a jealous and lustful man who called on the devil himself to curse a pair of lovers.

* ThatWasNotADream: Philippe's immediately assumes he's dreaming the first night he sees Navarre as a wolf and Isabeau as a human. It takes him a ''long'' time to work out the truth.

* VillainousBreakdown: The Bishop has one during the climax. [[spoiler: After the curse is broken he furiously tries to kill Isabeau with his spiked crosier.]]

In the medieval French town of Aquila, a young thief named Philippe the Mouse (Broderick) escapes prison by sneaking through the sewers. Said prison and the lands around it are controlled by a [[CorruptChurch corrupt Bishop]] (Wood), and he is none too pleased to hear of Philippe's escape (the prison is supposed to be inescapable, after all). The Bishop's guardsmen pursue and corner Philippe, but Etienne of Navarre (Hauer) unexpectedly comes to his rescue, aided by his fierce and beautiful hawk.

Navarre has a score to settle with the Bishop. Not only was he the former Captain of the guard, he and the Bishop once loved the same woman, Isabeau d'Anjou (Pfeiffer). When she chose Navarre, the jealous Bishop called down a curse on them: by day Navarre is human and Isabeau is a hawk; by night Isabeau is herself but Navarre is a wolf. Navarre plans to use Philippe's knowledge of the sewers to infiltrate Aquila and slay the Bishop, but his obsession might lead to tragedy. For the disgraced monk Imperius knows a way to break the curse, but it will only be possible while the Bishop is alive...

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Philippe climbs through it to get in and out. Though it's a ''very'' tight squeeze, even for a skinny teenager.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Imperius is described as a monk, but his background reveals he used to take confessions. In real life, a monk has not taken Holy Orders and thus cannot take confessions - he would need to be a priest to be able to hear confession and give absolution. Of course, it is possible to be both a monk and a priest, but you would be more likely to refer to yourself as a priest in the same way that someone with credentials as both a paralegal and a lawyer would probably not mention the paralegal part. However, this might be intentional, as Imperius is revealed to have become TheAtoner for committing the crime of betraying secrets of the confessional [[spoiler:(or so he thinks)]] - which hints he may have previously been a priest, only that he renounced his priestly vows and became a monk to repent, as it was done in the time and setting.

** Marquet, who replaced Navarre as the Captain of the Guards, throws [[spoiler: one of his underlings on Navarre's sword and getting him killed]] just for addressing Navarre as "captain".

* ClothingConcealedInjury: Philippe wears a heavy sweater to hide the injuries [[spoiler: that Navarre inflicted in wolf form]]. It doesn't work.

* {{Curse}}: On the two StarCrossedLovers. They can never be human at the same time and so they can never be a conventional couple.

* HeroKiller: The wolf-hunter to Navarre. When Isabeau sees all the wolf pelts on his saddle, she screams -- and then rides after him, into a storm, with nothing but a tiny dagger.

* OhCrap: The Bishop remains calm and stoic [[spoiler: even when Navarre is slaughtering his guards, knowing he can't be killed or the curse will be impossible to break. When Navarre explains to him that Isabeau is dead and his insurance is useless, his face turns chalk-white within seconds. And ''then'' he sees Isabeau, alive and well, behind Navarre, unintentionally lifting the curse, making his insurance completely moot]].

* StarCrossedLovers: Invoked by the Bishop on Navarre and Isabeau.

* PetTheDog: Marquet had demoted one of his officers for telling him Navarre was back. When he actually sees Navare, he asks for the man's forgiveness and gives him his rank back.

* POVCam: When Navarre approaches the altar where the Bishop stands, we get a shot from his perspective through the bars of his helmet as a swat aside another guard.

* ShapeshiftingHealsWounds: Left ambiguous, but it seems that non-lethal injuries don't transfer from the animal to the human bodies, and/or that the body not in use will heal while 'idle'. When Isabeau is shot as a hawk, for example, the injury transfers to her human self because the bolt is still in her breast, but after it is removed during the night, her hawk form shows no injuries the next morning. In the book, it takes several days and nights for Isabeau to heal, with Navarre, and his wolf form, waiting nearby, even though the wolf doesn't know the exact reason for why they were waiting.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: While Navarre has no issues killing the guards when he must, but, when possible, he tries to avoid doing so. In one case, he actually mourns the death of one, Francesco, after Captain Marquet shoved said guard onto Navarre's sword, for calling him "Captain Navarre". Justifiable in that Navarre was once their Captain, and there is still some bond between him and the men left.

* HomeFieldAdvantage: Imperius is living in a ruin of a keep. Despite being a fat, old monk, he still manages to easily get better against anyone trying to barge into his home. He also lectures Mouse early on to only step on the left side of a bridge but doesn't explain why. [[spoiler: When the Bishop's men storm the place, one of them starts across the bridge only to fall through, as the boards are rotting and the bridge is only solid along its left side]].

* MagicRealism: Apart from the curse, the setting is mundane in medieval France.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Isabeau is barefoot quite a lot, even in instances where it doesn't make much sense like her final confrontation with the Bishop. Presumably you can steal a robe anywhere but a pair of ladies' shoes are harder to come by.

* TheAlcatraz: The prison Philippe was sent to. It's supposed to be inescapable you know.

* AnachronismStew: Navarre claims his [[{{BFS}} massive two-handed sword]] has [[AncestralWeapon been in his family for five generations]]. With the film being set around the 13th Century, this means the sword would have been forged in either the second half of the 11th or first half of the 12th Centuries. However, the design is of a type that wouldn't appear until the ''16th'' Century.

** The Bishop constantly berates Marquet for his failures and at some point, he even threatens to have him executed if Isabeau should be hurt while in her hawk form.

* BookEnds: The movie begins with Philippe escaping the dungeons of Aquila through the moat. By the climax, he's returned to that same moat to sneak ''into'' the cathedral. Even Philippe [[LampshadeHanging comments]] on how the things have come full circle.

* ChekhovsSkill: Navarre scares Philippe into helping him by throwing his sword with such force that it sticks in a tree. [[spoiler:This is how he slays the Bishop when he is about to kill Isabeau in his breakdown]].

* ClothingConcealedInjury: Philippe wears a heavy sweater to hide the injuries [[spoiler:that Navarre inflicted in wolf form]]. It doesn't work.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Navarre wears all black clothing, rides a black horse, turns into a black wolf, and has a brooding manner, but he is an honorable man betrayed by his employers.

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: A rather twisted version, as [[spoiler:the Bishop dies with Isabeau's name on his lips.]]

* FirstNameBasis: Isabeau d'Anjou's full name is only said once. The rest of the movie, she's just Isabeau. Justified, as "d'Anjou" isn't really her last name, just meaning where she was born ("of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjou Anjou]]".)

* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: When Navarre and Marquet fight each other in the church on horseback, they're both wearing helmets. Marquet rips off his helmet when unhorsed and actually throws it at Navarre, but misses and breaks the rose window of the church. Navarre initially leaves his on even after Marquet drags him off his horse, but then rips it off in order to see better when he notices the eclipse beginning.

* HollywoodHealing: The hawk gets shot. Isabeau spends one night getting medical treatment, and the following morning the hawk can fly again as if nothing happened to it. Imperius' poultice must be very effective. That being said, in the novel adaptation, it does take Isabeau several days to recover.

* IntellectualAnimal: Averted. Navarre and Isabeau are an actual wolf and hawk when transformed, not a man or a woman in an animal body. While they seem to have ''some'' awareness of each other, they don't have human minds, [[AlternateIdentityAmnesia nor do they remember as humans what they did as animals]].

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: A mild example, but there are times when the regular guards, despite their orders from the Bishop, decide to not fight Navarre. While some may have done it out of lingering loyalty to their former captain, others were no doubt acting from sheer self preservation.

* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: Phillippe tells Navarre and Isabeau that their lover told him incredibly romantic feelings to convey to the other. They didn't, but Phillippe correctly guessed their true feelings, so the sentiment both had for each other were real; it's strongly hinted that they had trouble expressing love for each other before the curse.

* MagicRealism: Apart from the curse, the setting is mundane medieval France.

* MementoMacGuffin: Early in the film, Navarre is shown to have a grey/violet dress in his saddlebags. It's Isabeau's [[spoiler:and when they finally meet and the curse is broken, she is wearing it.]]

* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: According to Imperius's description of the curse, neither Navarre nor Isabeau are aware of their human selves while in animal form; Navarre in particular is quite vicious. However, even in animal form, each of the pair is quick to attack anyone who threatens the other, though there are hints their animal forms are having some influence on their personalities. Navarre is impatient and quick to violence, while even [[ProperLady Isabeau]] has a moment where she chases a rabbit as if she could capture it with her bare hands.

* MundaneUtility: The ancestral longsword is used for various tasks at a pinch, including wood-chopping, rope tethering or as a javelin.
* MyOwnPrivateIDo: Navarre and Isabeau confessed to Imperius that they had taken "secret vows," implying that they had eloped to avoid the wrath of the Bishop. [[spoiler:Presumably they went on to have an official wedding after the end of the film.]]

** Philippe wrecks his own escape from prison by ''bragging'' about it in a local town. If he had kept his mouth shut til he was ''far'' away in another country, he might have gotten away effortlessly. Marquet even lampshades it to his face.

* OhCrap: The Bishop remains calm and stoic [[spoiler:even when Navarre is slaughtering his guards, knowing he can't be killed or the curse will be impossible to break. When Navarre explains to him that Isabeau is dead and his insurance is useless, his face turns chalk white within seconds. And ''then'' he sees Isabeau, alive and well, behind Navarre, unintentionally lifting the curse, making his insurance completely moot]].
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Matthew Broderick does an all right job for the first 15 minutes, then we're basically watching Ferris Bueller swanning about Medieval France.

* POVCam: When Navarre approaches the altar where the Bishop stands, we get a shot from his perspective through the bars of his helmet as a swats aside another guard.
* PropheciesAreAlwaysRight: According to Imperius, God told him that the curse will be broken when there is "day without a night, and night without a day" -- which is to say, [[spoiler:a solar eclipse]].
* TheQueensLatin: If we infer from the names we can guess the film is set in France, yet everyone speaks with Received Pronunciation, or... [[OohMeAccentsSlipping tries to]]. Since characters in medieval France wouldn't speak anything even remotely resembling modern English, it's probably best to just file it under TranslationConvention.

* SwordFight: The main form of combat in the movie, apart from crossbows. It happens throughout, both on horseback and on foot, culminating in intense final combat between Navarre and Marquet. All choreographed by the great William Hobbs.

* WhatTheHellHero: At one point, Navarre flips out at Philippe [[spoiler: for supposedly losing his sword]]. He gets called out first by Mouse, who tells him he's being selfish with his fixation on revenge, but doesn't really snap out of it until [[spoiler: he sees the cuts all over Philippe's chest -- which he inflicted, in wolf form, when Philippe saved his life.]]

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Imperius is described as a monk, but his background reveals he used to take confessions. In real life, a monk has not taken Holy Orders and thus cannot take confessions - he would need to be a priest to be able to hear confession and give absolution (of course, it is possible to be both a monk and a priest, but you would be more likely to refer to yourself as a priest in the same way that someone with credentials as both a paralegal and a lawyer would probably not mention the paralegal part). However, this might be intentional, as Imperius is revealed to have become TheAtoner for committing the crime of betraying secrets of the confessional [[spoiler:(or so he thinks)]] - which hints he may have previously been a priest, only that he renounced his priestly vows and became a monk to repent, as it was done in the time and setting.

* TheAtoner: Imperius, the monk who helps Navarre and Isabeau. He feels responsible for their curse because he accidentally revealed their love to the Bishop. [[spoiler: He didn't.]]

*** That said, in the novelization, he apologizes to a guard he had demoted and reinstates him - he didn't believe the gard when he described Navarre.

* BalefulPolymorph: The curse turns Isabeau into a hawk by day; Navarre, a wolf by night. While they are themselves the rest of the time, the real cruelty is that they cannot ''both'' be human for more than a few seconds at a time.