Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux)

Fri Mar 04, 2011 to
Thu Mar 10, 2011

21:00

Location

Cine Studio
(University of Nicosia)
46 Makedonitissas Avenue
Nicosia, Nicosia

Friends of Cinema Society
Phone: 96420491

Description

Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay… come what may. This film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.

Cast:
Lambert Wilson (Christian)
Michael Lonsdale (Luc)
Olivier Rabourdin (Christophe)
Philippe Laudenbach (Célestin)

Director: Xavier Beauvois
Writer: Xavier Beauvois, Etienne Comar
Runtime: 122 min
Genre: Drama, History
Language: French
Subtitles: Greek
Production Year: 2010

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